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Undisclosed control blocks enforcement actions

This library records 119 enforcement actions tagged undisclosed control blocks. An undisclosed control block is a controlling shareholding held through nominees and offshore entities so that no individual holding crosses a reporting threshold, leaving the market with a false picture of who controls the company.

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 undisclosed control blocks technique page.

Actions
19
Total penalties
$1.6m
Median penalty
$805k
Largest
$1.6m
Criminal parallel
0%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. Peter Voutsas (reverse merger schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-06-30 settled
SEC v. Schalk and Russell C., Jr. (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-04-17 $1.6m settled
SEC v. Edward T. Farmer (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-04-16 settled
SEC v. Kevin D. Miller (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-04-16 settled
SEC v. Ronald A. Warren (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-04-16 settled
SEC v. William J. Gaffney (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-04-16 settled
SEC v. Anthony J. Ciabattoni (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-03-13 settled
SEC v. Berjaya Lottery Management (H.K.) Ltd. (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-03-13 settled
SEC v. Brian Potiker (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-03-13 settled
SEC v. Jane G. Ciabattoni (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-03-13 settled
SEC v. Shuipan Lin (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-03-13 settled
SEC v. SMP Investments I, LLC (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-03-13 settled
SEC v. The Ciabattoni Living Trust Dated August 17 and 2000 (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-03-13 settled
SEC v. William A. Houlihan (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-03-13 settled
SEC v. Gary Eugene Patterson, Esq. (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-03-03 settled
SEC v. Mountain Share Transfer, LLC and Erik Sterling Nelson (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-02-06 $10k settled
SEC v. Charles Irizarry (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-01-15 settled
SEC v. Stuart Carnie (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-01-15 settled
SEC v. Wayne Middleton (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-01-15 settled