Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission is named in 75 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1934 to 2026.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | SEC Chair Atkins Grilled by Congress Over 60% Crypto Enforcement Decline Paul Atkins · Securities and Exchange Commission · Maxine Waters · House Financial Services Committee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | SEC Denies All Whistleblower Award Claims in First Quarter of FY2026 Securities and Exchange Commission · Paul Atkins | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-01 | SEC Cuts PCAOB Budget 9.4%, Slashes Board Compensation by Half Securities and Exchange Commission · Public Company Accounting Oversight Board · Paul Atkins | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-31 | SEC Chair Atkins Appoints Trump Loyalists to PCAOB Accounting Oversight Board Paul Atkins · Securities and Exchange Commission · Public Company Accounting Oversight Board · Demetrios Logothetis · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-01 | Trump Administration Drops 100+ Corporate Enforcement Actions, Penalties Fall 97 Percent Trump Administration · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-25 | House Judiciary Democrats Release Report Exposing Trump Family's $800 Million Cryptocurrency Empire Built on Foreign Influence and Self-Dealing Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Trump Family · +22 | reported | |
| 2025-09-19 | SEC Drops Fraud Cases Against Trump Clemency Recipients, Abandoning Victims Paul Atkins · Devon Archer · Trevor Milton · Carlos Watson · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-09-12 | SEC Drops Fraud Case Against Pardoned Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Trevor Milton · Securities and Exchange Commission · Donald Trump · Nikola Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-30 | White House Releases Comprehensive Crypto Policy Roadmap Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · David Sacks · U.S. Treasury Department · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-28 | SEC chair attended Don Jr.'s party before SEC granted Don Jr.-backed gun company approval to go public Donald Trump Jr. · Paul Atkins · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-01 | DOGE Pushes SEC to Loosen Wall Street Regulations on SPACs and Reporting Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-03 | Trump's Truth Social Takes Step Toward Launching Bitcoin ETF with NYSE Arca Filing Donald Trump · Trump Media & Technology Group · Yorkville America Digital · Foris DAX Trust Company · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-11 | Trump Administration Systematically Drops Regulatory Cases Against Elon Musk Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | SEC offers $50,000 buyouts to staff investigating Elon Musk Securities and Exchange Commission · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-28 | SEC pauses Justin Sun investigation after $75M Trump investment Securities and Exchange Commission · Justin Sun · World Liberty Financial | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | SEC Declares Meme Coins Not Subject to Securities Regulations Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission · SEC Division of Corporation Finance | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | US SEC, Tron founder Justin Sun explore resolution of civil fraud case Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | Coinbase says SEC intends to drop lawsuit against crypto exchange Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Gary Gensler · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | Consensys SEC case dropped after $100,000 inauguration donation Consensys · Donald Trump · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Signs Order to Claim Power Over Independent Agencies Donald Trump · Federal Trade Commission · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Communications Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | Trump Executive Order Pauses Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-04 | Trump implements massive tariffs as concerns mount over market manipulation Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Senate Democrats · Chuck Schumer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Justin Sun Becomes First White House Crypto Dinner Guest After $75 Million Investment Justin Sun · Donald Trump · Trump Family · Securities and Exchange Commission · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Justin Sun's $75 Million Crypto Investment Signals Complex Trump Financial Network Justin Sun · World Liberty Financial · Securities and Exchange Commission · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-19 | SEC Charges Cantor Fitzgerald $6.75 Million for Misleading SPAC Disclosures Securities and Exchange Commission · Cantor Fitzgerald · Howard Lutnick · View, Inc. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-14 | Crypto Industry Advances Self-Regulatory Framework Amid Global Compliance Push Cryptocurrency Industry Consortium · Financial Stability Board · European Securities and Markets Authority · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-17 | SEC Files Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against Former DWAC CEO Patrick Orlando Securities and Exchange Commission · Patrick Orlando · Digital World Acquisition Corp · Trump Media & Technology Group | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-27 | SCOTUS limits SEC use of in-house tribunals for civil penalties (SEC v. Jarkesy) Supreme Court of the United States · Securities and Exchange Commission · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Neil Gorsuch (concurring) · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2023-11-21 | Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao Plead Guilty to Money Laundering in $4.3 Billion DOJ Settlement Changpeng Zhao · Binance · Department of Justice · Merrick Garland · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2023-10-02 | IronNet Files for Bankruptcy: Former NSA Director Keith Alexander's $1.2B Cybersecurity Venture Collapses, SEC Charges Follow Keith Alexander · IronNet Cybersecurity · Securities and Exchange Commission · Matthew Olsen | confirmed | |
| 2023-07-18 | SEC Charges DWAC with Securities Fraud, Imposes $18 Million Penalty Securities and Exchange Commission · Digital World Acquisition Corp · Trump Media & Technology Group | confirmed | |
| 2023-03-22 | Digital World Acquisition Corp Fires CEO Patrick Orlando Amid SEC Investigation Patrick Orlando · Digital World Acquisition Corp · DWAC · Trump Media & Technology Group · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-12-12 | FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested, Charged with Campaign Finance Violations and $8 Billion Fraud Sam Bankman-Fried · FTX · U.S. Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-11-18 | Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Theranos Fraud, Exposing Regulatory Failures Elizabeth Holmes · Edward Davila · U.S. Department of Justice · Theranos · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-11-11 | FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Collapses in $32 Billion Fraud, Exposing Crypto Regulation Failure Sam Bankman-Fried · FTX · Alameda Research · Changpeng Zhao · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2022-07-13 | Celsius Network Files Bankruptcy After Freezing $4.7 Billion in Customer Deposits, Exposing Crypto Regulatory Void Celsius Network · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission · Three Arrows Capital · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-07-05 | Voyager Digital Files Bankruptcy After Three Arrows Capital Collapse, Exposing Crypto Lending Contagion and Regulatory Failure Voyager Digital · Three Arrows Capital · Securities and Exchange Commission · BlockFi · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-13 | Terraform Labs Halts Terra Blockchain After Complete Collapse of UST and LUNA Destroys $40 Billion Do Kwon · Terraform Labs · Securities and Exchange Commission · CFTC · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-09 | Terra's UST Algorithmic Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg, Triggering $40 Billion Death Spiral and Crypto Market Crash Do Kwon · Terraform Labs · Securities and Exchange Commission · CFTC · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-03 | Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Convicted of Defrauding Investors in $9 Billion Fraud Scheme Elizabeth Holmes · Theranos · U.S. Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-12-21 | SEC Charges Nikola Corporation $125 Million for SPAC-Related Fraud and False Claims Securities and Exchange Commission · Nikola Corporation · Trevor Milton · VectoIQ Acquisition Corp (SPAC) | confirmed | |
| 2021-11-22 | SEC Fines McKinsey Subsidiary MIO Partners $18 Million for Puerto Rico Conflict of Interest and Material Nonpublic Information Violations Securities and Exchange Commission · MIO Partners · McKinsey & Company · Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico | confirmed | |
| 2021-10-20 | Digital World Acquisition Corp Announces Trump Media SPAC Merger Donald Trump · Digital World Acquisition Corp · Trump Media & Technology Group · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2021-10-15 | Tether Fined $41 Million by CFTC for Lying About Dollar Reserves Backing Stablecoin Tether Holdings Limited · CFTC · Dawn Stump · Bitfinex · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-07-29 | Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Indicted for Securities Fraud, Exposing How SPAC Loophole Enabled Investor Deception Trevor Milton · Nikola Corporation · Securities and Exchange Commission · U.S. Department of Justice · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-21 | Wells Fargo Pays $3 Billion, Admits Fraud, No Executives Charged Wells Fargo · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-30 | WeWork Withdraws IPO After Valuation Collapses from $47 Billion to $10 Billion, Exposing Massive Corporate Governance Failure Adam Neumann · WeWork · Securities and Exchange Commission · SoftBank · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-08-02 | SEC Drops ExxonMobil Climate Investigation Under Trump Administration Securities and Exchange Commission · ExxonMobil · Donald Trump · Rex Tillerson | confirmed | |
| 2017-09-07 | Equifax Finally Discloses Breach 40 Days After Discovery, Exposing Regulatory Capture Richard Smith · Equifax · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Mick Mulvaney · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-08-01 | Equifax Executives Sell $1.8 Million in Stock Days After Discovering Massive Data Breach John Gamble · Joseph Loughran · Rodolfo Ploder · Equifax · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-09-06 | ITT Technical Institute Closes Permanently After Federal Fraud Findings Leave 35,000 Students With Worthless Degrees ITT Technical Institute · Kevin Modany · Daniel Fitzpatrick · U.S. Department of Education · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-31 | Valeant Pharmaceuticals Scandal Exposes Systematic Price Gouging Strategy - 3000% Increase on Syprine, Philidor Fraud Network Valeant Pharmaceuticals · J. Michael Pearson · Philidor Rx Services · William Ackman · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-03 | S&P Settles for $1.375 Billion Over Fraudulent AAA Ratings on Junk Mortgage Securities, While Moody's Pays $864 Million, Exposing 'Issuer-Pays' Conflict of Interest Model Where 73% of 2006 AAA-Rated Securities Were Downgraded to Junk by 2010 Standard & Poor's · Moody's Investors Service · Fitch Ratings · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2012-11-15 | BP Pleads Guilty to Felony Charges and Agrees to Record $4.5 Billion Criminal Settlement BP (British Petroleum) · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Donald Vidrine · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2012-06-07 | 38 Studios Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy After $75 Million Rhode Island Loan Guarantee, Leaving Taxpayers with $38.6 Million Loss Curt Schilling · 38 Studios LLC · Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation · Lincoln Chafee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-16 | SEC Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud Over ABACUS 2007-AC1 Synthetic CDO Deal Where Hedge Fund Manager John Paulson Selected Mortgage Securities to Bet Against While Goldman Sold Package to Investors, Resulting in $550 Million Settlement but No Criminal Charges Goldman Sachs · Fabrice Tourre · John Paulson · Securities and Exchange Commission · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2009-02-17 | SEC Finally Charges Allen Stanford with $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme After Ignoring 12 Years of Internal Warnings Allen Stanford · Securities and Exchange Commission · Leroy King · Stanford International Bank · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2008-12-11 | Bernie Madoff Arrested for $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme After SEC Ignored Warnings for 16 Years Bernie Madoff · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Securities and Exchange Commission · Harry Markopolos | confirmed | |
| 2008-07-01 | Bank of America Completes $4 Billion Acquisition of Countrywide Financial After Predatory Lending and Fraud Schemes Targeting Minorities Caused $50 Billion in Losses, with CEO Angelo Mozilo Paying Only $67.5 Million SEC Settlement and Facing Zero Criminal Charges Angelo Mozilo · Countrywide Financial · Bank of America · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2007-01-01 | Palantir Begins Rapid Expansion Across U.S. Government Agencies Palantir Technologies · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2006-12-31 | New Century Financial Conceals Massive Early Payment Defaults Through Accounting Fraud in 2006 New Century Financial Corporation · Brad Morrice · David Einhorn · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2006-09-29 | Bush Signs Credit Rating Agency Reform Act, But Law Fails to Address Core Conflicts of Interest President George W. Bush · Securities and Exchange Commission · Moody's Investors Service · Standard & Poor's · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-07 | Harry Markopolos Submits 'The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud' to SEC, Agency Ignores Detailed Evidence for Third Time Harry Markopolos · Securities and Exchange Commission · Bernie Madoff | confirmed | |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Creates Consolidated Supervised Entities Program Allowing Unlimited Investment Bank Leverage Securities and Exchange Commission · William Donaldson · Bear Stearns · Lehman Brothers · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Implements Alternative Net Capital Rules for Major Investment Banks Securities and Exchange Commission · Christopher Cox · William Donaldson · Goldman Sachs · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Net Capital Rule Change Enables Investment Bank Leverage Explosion Fueling Housing Bubble Securities and Exchange Commission · William Donaldson · Goldman Sachs · Morgan Stanley · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2001-10-22 | SEC Launches Investigation Into Enron's Related-Party Transactions Securities and Exchange Commission · Andrew Fastow · Kenneth Lay | confirmed | |
| 2000-03-10 | Dot-Com Bubble Peaks, Exposes IPO Fraud and Analyst Conflicts Investment banks · Securities Analysts · Securities and Exchange Commission · Nasdaq · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-05-07 | Coordinated Regulatory Opposition Suppresses CFTC Derivatives Oversight Inquiry Brooksley Born · Alan Greenspan · Robert Rubin · Arthur Levitt · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | SEC Fort Worth Examiners Identify Allen Stanford Ponzi Scheme, Enforcement Division Ignores Warnings for 12 Years Allen Stanford · Securities and Exchange Commission · Spencer Barasch · Stanford Financial Group | confirmed | |
| 1992-01-01 | SEC Investigates Madoff Feeder Fund Avellino & Bienes, Misses $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme in First Regulatory Failure Securities and Exchange Commission · Bernie Madoff · Avellino & Bienes · H. David Kotz | confirmed | |
| 1982-11-17 | SEC Adopts Rule 10b-18, Legalizing Stock Buybacks and Creating Major Wealth Extraction Mechanism Securities and Exchange Commission · John Shad · Ronald Reagan | confirmed | |
| 1981-04-01 | Epstein leaves Bear Stearns amid SEC insider trading investigation Jeffrey Epstein · Bear Stearns · Securities and Exchange Commission · Edgar Bronfman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1935-08-26 | Public Utility Holding Company Act Breaks Up Utility Monopolies Franklin D. Roosevelt · Federal Trade Commission · Electric utility industry · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 1934-07-02 | Joseph Kennedy Appointed First SEC Chairman - Wall Street Insider to Police Wall Street Franklin D. Roosevelt · Joseph P. Kennedy · Securities and Exchange Commission · Wall Street | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Donald Trump
19× shared
CFTC
9× shared
Department of Justice
9× shared
Trump Administration
8× shared
Paul Atkins
7× shared
Federal Trade Commission
5× shared
Justin Sun
5× shared
Trump Media & Technology Group
5× shared
U.S. Department of Justice
5× shared
Bear Stearns
4× shared
Digital World Acquisition Corp
4× shared
Goldman Sachs
4× shared
Trevor Milton
4× shared
World Liberty Financial
4× shared
Bernie Madoff
3× shared
Celsius Network
3× shared
FTX
3× shared
Lehman Brothers
3× shared
Merrill Lynch
3× shared
Morgan Stanley
3× shared
Nikola Corporation
3× shared
Patrick Orlando
3× shared
Three Arrows Capital
3× shared
U.S. Treasury Department
3× shared
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