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Jay Clayton

Former SEC Chairman who revealed EDGAR hack in 2017
Tracked because Former SEC Chairman who revealed EDGAR hack in 2017 · 6 documented connections
Facts on record9
Connections mapped6
Sources cited17
Evidence: 5P 1S 3I
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PATTERN person → [former leadership] → government agency → [regul... 104× PATTERN company → [regulatory filing] → government agency → [form... 104× PATTERN person → [membership] → person → [membership] → person 97× PATTERN person → [regulatory filing] → government agency → [forme... 81× PATTERN person → [former leadership] → government agency → [regul... 81×
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No documented enforcement against Jay Clayton
Key Connections
→ Southern District of New York (SDNY) institution
official_position
Jay Clayton served as US Attorney for SDNY, announced at Securities Enforcement Forum on February 5, 2026.
→ Securities Enforcement Forum institution
speaker/participant
Jay Clayton announced prediction market fraud prosecutions at the Securities Enforcement Forum on February 5, 2026.
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
former_leadership
Former SEC Chair, now US Attorney prosecuting prediction market fraud
→ David I. Miller person
prosecutorial_background
Both former SDNY prosecutors with securities fraud expertise now targeting prediction markets
← Paul S. Atkins person
oversight
Both announced overlapping jurisdiction and enforcement focus on prediction markets
Facts (9)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 160d ago · Avg age: 1981d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (6)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Jay Clayton filed filing with the SEC on 2007-11-09. Accession number: N/A.
✓ verified Primary Source US Attorney for SDNY Jay Clayton announced at Securities Enforcement Forum on February 5, 2026 that his office expects fraud prosecutions in prediction markets
Date: 2026-02-05 Added: 23 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Securities Enforcement Forum New York 2026
✓ verified Primary Source U.S. Attorney for SDNY Jay Clayton stated at February 2026 Securities Enforcement Forum that his office anticipated prosecutions relating to prediction markets
Date: 2026-02-01 Added: 16 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Securities Enforcement Forum remarks
✓ verified Primary Source Federal prosecutors in Manhattan exploring whether prediction market bets violate insider trading laws
Date: 2026-03-30 Added: 14 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: CNN reporting on federal investigation
✓ verified Primary Source US Attorney Jay Clayton announced expectation to prosecute prediction market-related fraud cases
Date: 2026-02-05 Added: 14 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Securities Enforcement Forum statements
✓ verified Primary Source Jay Clayton revealed in September 2017 that EDGAR database had been hacked and companies' data may have been used for insider trading
Date: 2017-09-01 Added: 09 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Wikipedia and SEC disclosures
All Connections (6)
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
former_leadership confirmed
Former SEC Chair, now US Attorney prosecuting prediction market fraud
→ David I. Miller person
prosecutorial_background confirmed
Both former SDNY prosecutors with securities fraud expertise now targeting prediction markets
official_position primary since 2026
Jay Clayton served as US Attorney for SDNY, announced at Securities Enforcement Forum on February 5, 2026.
speaker/participant primary since 2026
Jay Clayton announced prediction market fraud prosecutions at the Securities Enforcement Forum on February 5, 2026.
← Paul S. Atkins person
oversight confirmed
Both announced overlapping jurisdiction and enforcement focus on prediction markets
← Sir Brian Leveson person
membership inferential since unknown
Both Sir Brian Leveson and Jay Clayton are listed as members of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.
Sources (17)
2007-10-12 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Jay Clayton (2007-10-12) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2007-10-25 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Jay Clayton (2007-10-25) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Jay Clayton — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2007-11-08 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Jay Clayton (2007-11-08) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2013-12-02 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Jay Clayton (2013-12-02) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2013-03-18 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Jay Clayton (2013-03-18) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Jay Clayton not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2007-11-09 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Jay Clayton (2007-11-09) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Jay Clayton — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Jay Clayton — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Jay Clayton — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2007-11-09 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Jay Clayton (2007-11-09) web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-02-05 ↗ Securities Enforcement Forum New York 2026 web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-02-01 ↗ Securities Enforcement Forum remarks web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-03-30 ↗ CNN reporting on federal investigation web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-02-05 ↗ Securities Enforcement Forum statements web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2017-09-01 ↗ Wikipedia and SEC disclosures web_search Processed 📜 Receipt