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US SEC Actions Due to Harmed Investors

Enforcement actions against persons and firms that had harmed investors

This dataset contains information about SEC enforcement actions where the defendants or respondents were ordered to pay financial judgments. In these instances, the SEC may work to distribute these funds to investors who were harmed.

Data overview

Entities:
Total1,596
Searchable798
Targets798
Entity types:
Legal entities798
Countries:
United States of America798
Publisher:Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) · United States

The federal securities laws empower the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with broad authority over all aspects of the securities industry. The SEC’s mission is to protect investors; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and facilitate capital formation.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Regulatory Watchlists · Warrants and Criminal Entities
Information:www.sec.gov
Source data:www.sec.gov · HTML
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2025-04-29 23:47:02
Last change:
Warnings:3 Warnings

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities710.57 KB
names.txtTarget names text file17.34 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format365.35 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON721.48 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV164.17 KB

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Using the API

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Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
GPL Ventures LLC, GPL Management LLC, Alexander J. Dillon, Cosmin I. Panait, HempAmericana Inc., Salvador E. Rosillo, Seaside Advisors LLC, and Lawrence B. AdamsLegal entityUnited States of America
SCANA Corporation, Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. (f/k/a South Carolina Electric & Gas Company), Kevin B. Marsh, and Stephen A. ByrneLegal entityUnited States of America
Worldwide Markets Ltd., Thomas Plaut, and TAB Networks Inc.Legal entityUnited States of America
Health Enhancement Products Inc.Legal entityUnited States of America
Howard R. BaerLegal entityUnited States of America
Kevin C. BaerLegal entityUnited States of America
Credit Suisse Group AG-VTB Capital plcLegal entityUnited States of America
Andrew DefrancescoLegal entityUnited States of America
Carlos Felipe RezkLegal entityUnited States of America
Catherine DefrancescoLegal entityUnited States of America
Cool Holdings Inc.Legal entityUnited States of America
Marlio Mauricio Diaz CardonaLegal entityUnited States of America
Nikola FaukovicLegal entityUnited States of America
American Electric Power Company Inc.Legal entityUnited States of America
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedLegal entityUnited States of America