STOCK MANIPULATION


Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed cumulative penalties of ₹66 lakh on 28 entities for their role in fraudulent trading practices and for failing to comply with regulatory summons during an investigation into trading in the shares of ANI Integrated...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 February 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has come down hard on social media–driven stock manipulation, passing a final order against fraudulent stock recommendations in Unison Metals Ltd (UML).    The order concludes an extensive probe into a well-orchestrated scheme...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 January 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has directed Paresh Nathalal Chauhan to disgorge illegal gains of ₹1.62 crore along with interest at the rate of 8%pa (per annum) and imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5 lakh for his role in a fraudulent scheme involving the shares of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 January 2026
In one of the more exhaustive crackdowns on manipulation in the SME segment, the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has ordered the disgorgement of ₹98.78 lakh in unlawful gains along with the interest at the rate of 12%pa (per annum), imposed market bans ranging...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 September 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs5 lakh, to be paid jointly and severally, on Dorni Vinimoy Pvt Ltd, H and K Realestate LLP, Timely Financial Consultants Pvt Ltd, Upendra Narayan Choudhary, Durgeshwari Devi Choudhury, Gopalji Choudhary...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 August 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred Decipher Labs Ltd (formerly Combat Drugs Ltd) from the securities market for one year, after finding it guilty of issuing misleading corporate announcements and facilitating insider trading.   The market regulator has...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 July 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a total penalty of Rs3.87 crore on 11 individuals for orchestrating a fraudulent scheme in the shares of Darshan Orna Ltd (DOL). The penalties were the outcome of a detailed investigation covering the period from...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 July 2025
For using advanced stock recommendations made on Zee Business shows to carry out fraudulent trades and pocket illicit gains, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred four entities, Partha Sarathi Dhar, SAAR Commodities Pvt Ltd, Manan Sharecom Pvt Ltd and Kanhya...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 May 2025
In one of its most extensive enforcement actions to date, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred 59 individuals and entities, including the company promoters, Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi and his wife, Maria Goretti from the markets for up to five years in connection with...

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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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