The Securities and Exchange Commission filed enforcement actions against 501 individuals or entities in the 12 months through September 2023 — an 8% increase over the prior fiscal year. The SEC obtained orders for $5 billion in financial remedies, the second highest amount in history, after the record-setting remedies ordered in fiscal year 2022. The financial remedies comprised $3.4 billion in disgorgement and prejudgment interest and $1..