SEC takes action against two meme stock wash traders

Cointelegraph

Published Sep 28, 2021 01:38AM ET

Updated Sep 28, 2021 03:20AM ET

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a complaint against two Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) users over an alleged wash-trading-based arbitrage scheme that utilized meme stocks.

According to a Sept. 27 complaint, defendants Suyun Gu and Yong Lee took advantage of differing trading fee schedules offered by different retail brokers and exchanges to extract arbitrage while wash-trading.

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