June 22, 2026
A New York federal judge has rejected a penny stock trader's request for a new trial after he was found liable for a $2.5 million fraud scheme known as scalping, ruling that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had plenty of evidence backing its allegations.
December 16, 2025
A penny stock trader found liable for a $2.5 million fraud scheme known as scalping should not get a new trial, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said, arguing that the trader's complaints about the verdict form came too late.
October 20, 2025
A man found liable on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims he earned at least $2.5 million by buying, hyping, and then selling penny stocks in a "scalping" scheme has asked a New York federal judge for a new trial, saying the verdict form unfairly lumped his civil charges together.
September 19, 2025
A Manhattan federal jury held an Ohio man liable on Friday in a case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging he fraudulently earned over $2.5 million by buying up penny stocks, hyping them online and then selling for gains in a "scalping" scheme.
September 18, 2025
A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday weighed fraud claims against an Ohio salesman from securities regulators who say he duped other traders as he took in over $2.5 million buying penny stocks, hyping shares on Twitter before selling in a "scalping" scheme.
September 16, 2025
An Ohio salesman accused of securities fraud told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that he was hooked on trading penny stocks, after a rough morning of testimony during which a lawyer from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission forced him to admit his goal was to move share prices.
September 15, 2025
An Ohio salesman sparred with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday over his admitted heavy use of Twitter to promote penny stocks, as he sought to convince a Manhattan federal jury that $2.5 million he earned by trading was lawful.
September 08, 2025
An Ohio salesman who in 2022 copped to fraudulently pumping a lone penny stock on Twitter told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit alleging he pilfered $2.5 million via dozens of such schemes seeks to punish him for everyday, lawful behavior.
September 27, 2023
A New York federal judge has kept alive a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit accusing a popular Twitter user of running a $3.4 million scheme in which he manipulated stocks using the social media app, saying that the user had a duty to disclose his holdings and "tell the whole truth."
October 26, 2021
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday convinced a New York federal judge to freeze the assets of a popular Twitter user accused of running a $3.4 million scheme in which he manipulated stocks using the social media app.