The wave of securities class actions alleging market manipulation involving recently public, low-float companies continues to grow. Notably, many of these lawsuits have involved non-U.S. companies that recently completed IPOs on U.S. exchanges. Two new pump-and-dump lawsuits, filed within a day of one another in the Southern District of New York against China-based iTonic Holdings Ltd. and Park Ha Biological Technology Co., Ltd., increase the number of market manipulation cases filed in 2026 to 13.

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D&O Diary readers are aware of a growing trend over the past year: an increasing number of securities class actions arising from alleged market manipulation involving low-float public companies. These cases, ranging from pump-and-dump and spoofing schemes to stock promotion claims, now also include a lawsuit filed this week against Megan Holdings Limited (Megan), whose share price allegedly surged more than 400% in one month before plunging over 93% in a single trading day. The company, headquartered in Malaysia, develops, constructs, and maintains aquaculture farms and related infrastructure. 

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