SEC reports FY2025 enforcement results

The Securities and Exchange Commission says it filed 456 enforcement actions in fiscal 2025 and obtained $17.9 billion in monetary relief.

In its April 7, 2026 year-end release, the SEC said the results reflected a continued focus on fraud, market integrity, investor protection and individual accountability.

The agency also said its enforcement work in FY2025 included actions that sought to return funds to harmed investors and to hold companies and individuals responsible for wrongdoing.

Independent year-end analyses from Brattle and Cornerstone Research used different counting methods and reported different totals. Brattle said it counted 506 enforcement actions, while Cornerstone’s public-company-focused review reported a narrower set of 56 actions against public companies and subsidiaries.

Those differences reflect methodology and scope rather than a direct factual conflict with the SEC’s own release. The agency’s figure is the official total for its FY2025 enforcement program.

The release comes as the SEC continues to frame enforcement as a core part of its investor-protection mission heading into the next fiscal year.