U.S. SEC assesses $4.3 billion in fines, disgorgement in 2019, more than year earlier

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U.S. SEC assesses $4.3 billion in fines, disgorgement in 2019, more than year earlier
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reported Wednesday it had assessed a...

FILE PHOTO: Jay Clayton, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, speaks at the Economic Club of New York luncheon in New York City, New York, U.S.,September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

That amount, gathered across 862 enforcement actions for 2019, is up from the 821 cases the regulator assessed in 2018. It is also the highest number of cases and largest amount collected under SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, who took over the agency in 2017. The uptick was more notable given there was a “near complete cessation” in enforcement activity during a 35-day government shutdown in 2018 and 2019, the SEC said.

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