When the SEC brings a civil enforcement action against an investment banker for securities fraud, which of the following remedies can the SEC seek?

Why C — Disgorgement of profits, civil monetary penalties, and an injunction barring the individual from serving as an officer or director of a public company

In civil enforcement actions, the SEC has authority to seek a range of remedies including disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, civil monetary penalties (which can be up to three times the profits gained or losses avoided), injunctive relief, and officer-and-director bars. Criminal imprisonment requires a separate criminal proceeding brought by the Department of Justice, not the SEC directly. The SEC's enforcement arsenal is broad and designed to both punish violators and deter future misconduct.