STOCK MANIPULATION


Moneylife Digital Team 02 May 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred three individuals, Manish Mishra, chief financial officer (CFO) of Atlantaa Ltd, Vivek Chauhan and Ankur Sharma, from the markets for five years for misleading investors through fraudulent practices. These individuals...

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Brazen price manipulation, stock cornering, fabricated financial disclosures and social media influencers fuelling pump-&-dump schemes—this is the alarming new reality of India's capital markets. A growing network of operators, working with absolute impunity, has been executing these schemes,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 February 2025
In a recent settlement with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Ravindra Dahyabhai Patel, an officer from the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre, agreed to pay a settlement amount of Rs72.8 lakh and disgorge Rs1.90 crore in profits. This resolution addresses allegations of his...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 February 2025
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued an interim order against LS Industries Ltd (LSIL) and five associated entities after uncovering a shocking share transfer scheme and stock manipulation. A 12.12% stake in LSIL, nominally valued at Rs10.28 crore, was sold to a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 February 2025
Market regulator  Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs3.05 crore and banned 11 entities from participating in the market for a period ranging from one to five years for their involvement in a fraudulent scheme involving the scrip of Pressure Sensitive...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 December 2024
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) imposed a penalty of Rs2.18 crore on the 18 entities while ordering them to disgorge Rs2.24 crore, the illicit profits earned through fraudulent trading activities in the scrip of Continental Seeds and Chemicals Ltd...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 11 November 2024
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) against Securities Appellate Tribunal's (SAT) decision to quash a penalty against chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Mukesh Ambani over allegations of manipulating Reliance...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 August 2024
Amid certain small and medium enterprises (SME) companies and their promoters resorting to share price manipulation by projecting an unrealistic picture of their operations, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cautioned investors against putting their money in the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 June 2024
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a fine of Rs1 crore each on Pradeep Pandya, former markets editor of CNBC Awaaz, and Alpesh Vasanji Furiya, a technical analyst, for engaging in fraudulent trading activities. The penalties follow a comprehensive investigation...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2024
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs7.75 crore on 11 entities and also barred them from the markets for up to five years for indulging in a pump & dump scheme in the shares of Svarnim Trade Udyog Ltd (SNIM). SEBI also directed these entities...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 May 2024
While imposing a penalty of Rs50 lakh and directing disgorgement of Rs7.49 crore, the unlawful gains, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred five entities from markets for three years. SEBI also asked NNM Securities Pvt Ltd (noticee 1), a SEBI-registered stockbroker, Miker...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 April 2024
According to a Reuters report, India’s market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has found that a group of offshore funds investing in companies under the Adani umbrella have breached disclosure regulations and exceeded investment thresholds. These insiders, preferring...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 April 2024
Market regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs1.03 crore on 15 entities for manipulating the share price of Best Agrolife Ltd (BAL). The penalty, ranging from Rs5 lakh to Rs9 lakh, has been levied on these entities for creating a misleading appearance of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 March 2024
The trends of the major indices in the course of the week’s trading are given in the table below:     As the final market day of FY23-24 concluded, Indian markets experienced one of their best years, with the Nifty ranking among the top-performing markets in Asia, yielding nearly 29% USD...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 February 2024
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred 12 entities, including the promoter of V Marc India Ltd, from the securities market for engaging in a fraudulent scheme to manipulate the volumes and price of the company's shares since its listing. Additionally, SEBI...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 January 2024
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs93 lakh on eight, including promoters, chairperson and managing director (CMD) and directors, while directing three of them to disgorge Rs22.80 crore, the unlawful gains earned by manipulating the share...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 September 2023
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred 65 entities from markets for two years while directing 27 entities to disgorge unlawful gains worth Rs40.23 crore earned by manipulating the share price of Yamini Investment Ltd. SEBI also imposed a penalty of Rs8 lakh...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 March 2023
While impounding alleged illegal gains worth Rs41.85 crore earned from manipulating Sadhna Broadcast Ltd scrip, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred till further orders 31 entities, including Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi and his wife, Maria Goretti. SEBI...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 March 2023
In another case of stock manipulation, where videos on YouTube were used to spread false and misleading information to recommend a scrip, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has impounded illegal gains worth Rs12.41 crore earned from manipulation Sharpline Broadcast...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 February 2023
The securities appellate tribunal (SAT) has affirmed an order passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) against three entities for manipulating the price of Mishka Finance and Trading Ltd (Mishka), formerly known as Pyramid Trading and Finance Ltd. The three entities include...

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