Defendant Name: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company

Document Reference: 2020-233

Document Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Document Name J.P. Morgan Securities Admits to Manipulative Trading in U.S. Treasuries
Document Date 29-Sep-2020
Document Format Administrative Proceeding
File Number 3-20094
Allegation Type Market Manipulation
Document Summary The SEC "announced charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, a broker-dealer subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., for fraudulently engaging in manipulative trading of U.S. Treasury securities. J.P. Morgan Securities admitted the findings in the SEC's order, and agreed to pay disgorgement of $10million and a civil penalty of $25 million to settle the action."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
Cease and Desist Order
Censured
Monetary Penalties:

Disgorgement

Individual:     $10,000,000.00 Shared:    

Civil Penalty

Individual:     $25,000,000.00 Shared:    

Related Documents:

33-10858 29-Sep-2020 Administrative Proceeding
Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings Pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order
On September 29, 2020, the SEC instituted settled cease =-and-desist proceedings against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. The Commission stated: "Between April 2015 and January 2016 (the “Relevant Period”), certain traders (“Traders”) on the U.S. Treasuries trading desk at JPMS (the “JPMS Treasuries Desk”) engaged in manipulative trading of U.S. Treasury (“Treasury”) cash securities in the secondary market."