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Market manipulation enforcement actions filed in 2017

This library records 210 market manipulation enforcement actions filed in 2017, brought by CFTC, SEC.

Counts by year reflect when an action was filed or announced, not when the underlying conduct occurred — those are often years apart. Compare across years with care: a single multi-defendant sweep can dominate a year's count.

Actions
10
Total penalties
$25.1m
Median penalty
$40k
Largest
$25m
Criminal parallel
30%
Action Agency Filed Technique Penalty Status
CFTC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2017) CFTC 2017-01-19 Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Spoofing $25m judgment
SEC v. Cort Poyner et al. (paid stock promotion, 2017) SEC 2017-01-19 Paid Stock Promotion judgment
SEC v. Charles A. Bennett (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-01-18 Ponzi Schemes unknown
SEC v. Eytan Bar (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-01-18 Insider Trading settled
SEC v. MDC Partners Inc. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-01-18 Insider Trading settled
SEC v. Orthofix International N.V.; Jeffrey Hammel and CPA; Brian McCollum; Kenneth Mack and Bryan McMillan (naked short selling debate, 2017) SEC 2017-01-18 Naked Short Selling Debate $40k settled
SEC v. Robin G. Charlet, Steven W. Sparks, Gregory J. Tuthill and Kirk D. Porter (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-01-13 Unregistered Distributions $25k judgment
SEC v. Gregory W. Gray, Jr., et al. (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-01-12 Ponzi Schemes judgment
SEC v. ITG Inc. (naked short selling debate, 2017) SEC 2017-01-12 Naked Short Selling Debate settled
SEC v. Douglas Furth (matched orders, 2017) SEC 2017-01-10 Matched Orders judgment