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:
Total1,722
Searchable860
Targets860
Entity types:
Legal entities860
Countries:
United States860
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:
2026-08-27 23:47:02 · v. 20260827234702-ciu · change statistics...
Last change:

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 entities848.15 KB
names.txtTarget names text file18.3 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format390.55 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON859.91 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV178.1 KB

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Recent additions 

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
GlennCap LLCLegal entityUnited States
James BurlesonLegal entityUnited States
Jonathan Vincent GlennLegal entityUnited States
Zymergen Inc.Legal entityUnited States
David B. BodnerLegal entityUnited States
Moshe “Mark” FeuerLegal entityUnited States
Murray A. HuberfeldLegal entityUnited States
Platinum Management (NY) LLCLegal entityUnited States
Scott A. TaylorLegal entityUnited States
AmeriStar LLCLegal entityUnited States
AmeriStar MK Ltd. Liability CompanyLegal entityUnited States
Fred W. Freitag IVLegal entityUnited States
Highline Gold Corporation LLCLegal entityUnited States
Highline Gold LLCLegal entityUnited States
Ashraf MufarehLegal entityUnited States
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