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Kit Mun Chan, Lau Kean Chong, Chong Poui Fan, Binji Lu, and Youn Chien Wong

Litigation Release No. 24506 / June 21, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Kit Mun Chan, Lau Kean Chong, Chong Poui Fan, Binji Lu, and Youn Chien Wong, No. 19 Civ. 5718 (GHW) (S.D.N.Y. filed June 19, 2019)

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against five foreign traders for executing illegal matched trades in the stock of Medico International, Inc. (MDDT). The SEC also obtained an emergency court order freezing assets held in brokerage accounts of the defendants, including approximately $144,000 that otherwise could have been wired offshore, and hundreds of thousands of shares of MDDT stock.

According to the SEC’s complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 19, 2019, the traders from China, Singapore, and Malaysia attempted to manipulate the market for MDDT stock by entering matched orders to buy and sell MMDT at substantially the same times, sizes, and prices. The SEC alleges that trades involving these five seemingly unrelated individuals from three different countries accounted for 70% of the volume in MDDT over the period in which they traded. As described in the Complaint, IP records show that at least three of the defendants’ brokerage accounts were likely accessed by the same user or users while trading MDDT.

The SEC also suspended trading in MDDT on June 20, 2019. The complaint was filed against Kit Mun Chan, Lau Kean Chong, Chong Poui Fan, Binji Lu, and Youn Chien Wong.

The SEC’s complaint charges the defendants with violating the antifraud provisions of Section 17(a)(1) and (3) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5(a) and (c) thereunder, and the market manipulation provision of Section 9(a)(1) of the Exchange Act.

The SEC’s continuing investigation is being conducted by Jennifer K. Vakiener, Hane L. Kim, Joseph Darragh, and Steven G. Rawlings in the New York Regional Office. The case is being supervised by Lara S. Mehraban, and the litigation will be handled by Dugan Bliss, Ms. Vakiener, and Ms. Kim. The SEC appreciates the assistance of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

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