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Spoofing enforcement actions

This library records 114 enforcement actions tagged spoofing. Spoofing is placing orders a trader intends to cancel before execution, to create a false impression of supply or demand and move the price toward a smaller genuine order on the other side.

Actions are listed newest first. Each row links to a case page carrying the regulator's own release and, where one was published, the complaint. For how this technique works and what statute it engages, read the spoofing technique page.

Actions
100
Total penalties
$2bn
Median penalty
$500k
Largest
$1.7bn
Criminal parallel
28%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. Frank M. Cerisano Jr. (spoofing, 2026) SEC 2026-08-10 judgment
SEC v. Mingran Wang (spoofing, 2026) SEC 2026-06-25 settled
CFTC v. New York Trader (spoofing, 2026) CFTC 2026-05-06 $200k judgment
CFTC v. Gregg Smith (spoofing, 2026) CFTC 2026-01-16 $200k judgment
SEC v. Artur Khachatryan (spoofing, 2025) SEC 2025-12-16 judgment
SEC v. M Holdings Securities, Inc. (spoofing, 2025) SEC 2025-11-25 settled
SEC v. Allen C. Giltman (spoofing, 2025) SEC 2025-09-12 judgment
CFTC v. Brett Falloon (spoofing, 2025) CFTC 2025-09-09 $200k judgment
SEC v. Ryan N. Cole (spoofing, 2025) SEC 2025-08-11 judgment
SEC v. Robinhood Financial LLC and Robinhood Securities, LLC (naked short selling debate, 2025) SEC 2025-01-13 settled
SEC v. SpeedRoute LLC (layering, 2025) SEC 2025-01-10 settled
SEC v. Zachary Stevenson (spoofing, 2024) SEC 2024-12-13 $150k settled
CFTC v. FTX (exchange wash trading, 2024) CFTC 2024-12-04 judgment
SEC v. TD Securities (USA) LLC (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-09-30 unknown
SEC v. Joel David Castro Leon and Shmuel A. Sherr (spoofing, 2024) SEC 2024-09-17 $125k judgment
SEC v. OTC Link LLC (layering, 2024) SEC 2024-08-12 settled
CFTC v. Shak (banging the close, 2024) CFTC 2024-04-11 $750k settled
SEC v. Jason Nielsen (spoofing, 2024) SEC 2024-04-03 judgment
CFTC v. Australian Swap Dealer (spoofing, 2024) CFTC 2024-04-02 $500k judgment
CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2023) CFTC 2023-11-07 $1.7bn filed
CFTC v. Texas Firm and Head Trader (spoofing, 2023) CFTC 2023-09-07 filed
SEC v. Archipelago Trading Services, Inc. (layering, 2023) SEC 2023-08-29 settled
CFTC v. UK Trader (spoofing, 2023) CFTC 2023-08-01 $150k judgment
CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (spoofing, 2023) CFTC 2023-05-12 $45m judgment
SEC v. Olga Kuprina (insider trading, 2023) SEC 2023-02-08 filed
CFTC v. Minnesota Registrant (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-12-12 $550k judgment
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2022) CFTC 2022-10-20 $41m judgment
CFTC v. California Trader and Prop Firm (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-09-26 $150k judgment
CFTC v. Chicago Trader (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-08-24 $100k judgment
CFTC v. Nevada Metals Trader (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-08-05 filed
SEC v. Lek Securities Corporation, et. al. (layering, 2022) SEC 2022-06-17 appealed
CFTC v. Tennessee Trader and Two Entities (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2022) CFTC 2022-04-14 unknown
CFTC v. James Vorley (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-04-07 $150k judgment
SEC v. Francis Biller, et al. (pump and dump, 2022) SEC 2022-03-17 unknown
CFTC v. Banoczay Jr. (spoofing, 2021) CFTC 2021-12-08 $750k settled
SEC v. Denis Georgiyevich Sotnikov, et al. (spoofing, 2021) SEC 2021-10-26 $2.5m judgment
SEC v. Xuepeng Xie (layering, 2021) SEC 2021-09-27 $600k settled
SEC v. Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. (spoofing, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 settled
SEC v. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC (spoofing, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 settled
SEC v. KMS Financial Services, Inc. (spoofing, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 settled
CFTC v. Zhao (spoofing, 2021) CFTC 2021-06-11 settled
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-12-01 unknown
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-10-06 unknown
CFTC v. Chicago Prop Firm and 3 Traders (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-30 $100k judgment
CFTC v. Sunoco (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-30 $450k judgment
CFTC v. JPMorgan (price manipulation, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-29 judgment
CFTC v. Slovakian Men and Their Company (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-29 filed
SEC v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2020) SEC 2020-09-29 filed
CFTC v. New York Firm and its Trader (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-28 $135k judgment
CFTC v. Edge Financial Technologies (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-15 $48.4k judgment
CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-08-19 $17m judgment
CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-08-19 $50m judgment
SEC v. Nicholas Mejia Scrivener (layering, 2020) SEC 2020-08-10 $50k settled
CFTC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-06-18 $9m settled
SEC v. Jason C. Nielsen (pump and dump, 2020) SEC 2020-06-10 filed
SEC v. Denis Georgiyevich Sotnikov, et al. (spoofing, 2020) SEC 2020-03-16 filed
CFTC v. Australian Company (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-01-21 $462k judgment
CFTC v. South Korean Company (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-01-13 $700k judgment
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-11-25 unknown
CFTC v. Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan Ltd. (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-11-07 $500k judgment
CFTC v. Proprietary Trading Firm (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-11-07 $24.4m judgment
CFTC v. Chicago Trading Firm Belvedere Trading LLC (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.1m judgment
CFTC v. Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.5m judgment
CFTC v. Trading Firm Mitsubishi International Corporation (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-10-01 $400k judgment
CFTC v. Two Trading Firms (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.5m judgment
CFTC v. Chicago Trading Firm and Its Co-Founder (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-30 $1.8m judgment
CFTC v. Christian Trunz (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-16 judgment
CFTC v. Futures Trader and Industrial Firm (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-16 $130k judgment
CFTC v. Traders at Major U.S. Bank (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-16 filed
CFTC v. Trader (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-07-31 $150k judgment
CFTC v. Corey D. Flaum (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-07-25 unknown
CFTC v. Merrill Lynch Commodities (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-06-25 $11.5m judgment
CFTC v. Krishna Mohan (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-02-25 dismissed
CFTC v. Andre Flotron (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-02-07 $100k judgment
CFTC v. Proprietary Trader (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-01-31 $120k judgment
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (insider trading, 2018) CFTC 2018-11-15 unknown
CFTC v. Kamaldeep Gandhi (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-10-12 judgment
CFTC v. the Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-10-01 $800k judgment
CFTC v. Mizuho Bank (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-21 $250k judgment
CFTC v. Geneva Trading USA (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-20 $1.5m judgment
CFTC v. Futures Trader and Trading Firm (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-19 $1.8m judgment
CFTC v. Floor Broker Anuj C. Singhal (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-04-09 $150k judgment
CFTC v. Andre Flotron (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 filed
CFTC v. Deutsche Bank (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $30m judgment
CFTC v. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Pay $1.6 Million Penalty (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $1.6m judgment
CFTC v. James Vorley and Cedric Chanu (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 filed
CFTC v. Jiongsheng Zhao (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 filed
CFTC v. Jitesh Thakkar and Edge Financial Technologies (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 filed
CFTC v. Three Banks (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $1.6m judgment
CFTC v. Trader Krishna Mohan (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 filed
CFTC v. UBS (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $15m judgment
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-11-22 unknown
CFTC v. Arab Global Commodities DMCC (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-10-10 $300k judgment
CFTC v. Logista Advisors LLC (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-09-30 $250k judgment
CFTC v. Connecticut-Based Tillage Commodities (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-09-29 $150k judgment
CFTC v. The Bank (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-08-08 $600k judgment
CFTC v. New York Trader Simon Posen (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-07-27 $635k judgment
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-30 $350k judgment
CFTC v. David Liew (price manipulation, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-03 judgment
CFTC v. Former Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Traders Stephen Gola and Jonathan Brims (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2017) CFTC 2017-03-31 $350k judgment