Insider Trading

SAT reverses Sebi decision, okays Ketan Parekh's cross-examination

In January, Sebi had issued an ex parte interim order-cum-show cause notice against 22 entities, including Salgaocar (the appellant) and Parekh

British billionaire Joe Lewis pardoned by Trump for insider trading

British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club, was pardoned by President Donald Trump more than a year after he was fined $5 million after pleading guilty to insider trading and conspiracy charges in New York, authorities said Thursday. Lewis, 88, had requested a pardon so he could receive medical treatment and visit his grandchildren and great grandchildren in the United States, according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a pardon that has not been officially announced. Lewis pleaded guilty in January 2024, saying he knew that sharing nonpublic information, which he had learned from corporate boardrooms about publicly traded companies, with others who then bought stock in those companies was wrong. At the time of the plea, he was free on $300 million bail. According to prosecutors and an indictment, Lewis shared the secrets with friends, employees and romantic interests from 2019 to 2021, urging them

Sebi cracks down on front-running trades, bars 13 entities from markets

Sebi has barred 13 individuals and entities from the securities market for 1-3 years for front-running trades using non-public information, generating unlawful gains of over ₹2 crore

Insider trading in IEX stock: Sebi investigation traverses new ground

The ₹173-crore order stands out as Sebi's largest and fastest insider trading enforcement, potentially widening scrutiny to senior CERC officials over policy-linked leaks

Insider trading in IEX stock: CERC starts probe, sends 3 officials on leave

We have taken immediate cognizance of the alleged insider trading related to market coupling, says CERC

Sebi orders ₹173 cr disgorgement from 8 entities for IEX insider trading

Individuals got price-sensitive information before announcement from high-ranking CERC officials

Sebi chair calls for stricter internal controls by banks on insider trading

SEBI chief urges banks to tighten controls, safeguard UPSI, and enforce strict insider trading compliance with zero tolerance on breaches

Sebi chief urges banks to boost compliance to curb insider trading risks

Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Wednesday said following insider trading regulations is the moral responsibility of banks' management who also have to strengthen internal controls to detect and prevent such violations. "Insider trading risks thrive where controls are weak --where processes are unclear, responsibilities are undefined, and oversight is inconsistent," Pandey told managing directors and chief executives of listed banks, noting that weak controls remain the prime reason behind many frauds. This comes against the backdrop of Sebi issuing an interim order in June against few top brass of IndusInd Bank for violating insider trading norms. The regulator had found that few senior executives, including MD & CEO and deputy CEO allegedly traded in IndusInd Bank shares while in possession of unpublished price-sensitive information related to discrepancies in account balances of the bank's derivative portfolio. According to Pandey, a robust internal control framework ensures

Sebi bans IndusInd Bank ex-CEO, 4 others from trading in securities market

Sebi bars former IndusInd Bank CEO and four top executives for insider trading after they allegedly sold shares while aware of ₹1,572 crore accounting discrepancies

Sebi orders Mehul Choksi to pay ₹2.1 crore for insider trading breach

Sebi has issued a ₹2.1 crore notice to Mehul Choksi for insider trading in Gitanjali Gems and warned of asset seizure; he also faces a court warrant in a ₹55 crore fraud case

Sebi probes six IndusInd Bank officials over insider trading claims: Report

India's market regulator Sebi is investigating six IndusInd Bank officials for allegedly selling stock options while aware of undisclosed accounting discrepancies

Error or fraud: IndusInd Bank pressured to explain ₹2k cr derivative loss

Auditors seek clarity on whether the ₹2,000 crore loss stems from fraud or accounting irregularity

IndusInd Bank to look into insider trading charge after independent probe

IndusInd, India's 5th-largest private sector bank, disclosed in March that years of incorrect accounting of internal derivative trades had led to a $230 million hole in its $60.8 billion balance sheet

'Who's in charge?' US trade official grilled on Trump's tariff flip-flops

Donald Trump's sudden tariff U-turn stuns markets and lawmakers, sparking insider trading fears, 'pump and dump' accusations, and calls for a federal investigation

Sebi mulls to extend automated closure of trading window ahead of results

Markets regulator Sebi on Friday proposed to extend the automated closure of trading window ahead of the declaration of financial results to the immediate relatives of designated persons of listed companies. The move, if implemented, would prevent inadvertent non-compliance of insider trading rules, according to a consultation paper floated by Sebi. The markets regulator, in August 2022, issued a framework restricting trading by depository participants by way of freezing the PAN at security level during the trading window closure period. The freezing of the PAN at the security level is being carried out by the stock exchanges and depositories based on the information provided by the listed company. Initially, this PAN freeze framework was made applicable for trading window closure on account of declaration of financial results of listed companies that were part of benchmark indices such as Nifty 50 and Sensex. Subsequently, Sebi in July 2023, extended the framework to restrict tra

Two individuals settle insider trading case with Sebi paying Rs 74 lakh

Two individuals, including a former employee of Deloitte India, on Monday settled with capital markets regulator Sebi a case pertaining to the alleged violation of insider trading rules by paying Rs 74 lakh towards settlement fee. Nimai Parekh and Rahil Dalal (applicants) had proposed to settle the matter by neither "admitting nor denying the findings of fact and conclusions of law", Sebi said. "In exercise of the powers...and in terms of the settlement regulations, it is hereby ordered that any proceedings that may be initiated for the violations are settled in respect of the applicants," Sebi's whole-time member Kamlesh C Varshney said in the settlement order. Sebi conducted an investigation in the scrips of HDFC Ltd and HDFC Bank Ltd, so as to ascertain whether any suspected entities on the basis of information relating to amalgamation/merger, had traded in the scrips, and thereby violated PIT (Prohibition of Insider Trading) rules. The investigation period was taken from Novemb

Tokyo exchange employee under probe for alleged insider trading: JPX

TBS said the relative used the information to make at least several hundreds of thousands of yen worth of profit from equity trading

Burman family pushes for removal of Religare Chairperson Rashmi Saluja

Rashmi Saluja faces calls for removal ahead of key shareholders' meeting amid insider trading allegations and ED investigation

Sebi board meeting today: F&O rules, Hindenburg claims, employees complaint

Sebi board meeting today, Sept 30, will be the first meeting since allegations were pressed against Sebi Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch by Hindenburg Research. Here's what to expect from the meeting

Relative of King of Jordan, 3 others arrested for insider-trading plot

Authorities charged four men, including a relative of the King of Jordan, for conspiring to make insider stock trades on a business acquired by one of South Florida's major publicly held companies, MasTec. Federico Nannini, 26; his father, Mauro Nannini, 63; and two of his friends, Alejandro Thermiotis, 26; and Francisco Tonarely, 25, were arrested Friday and charged in a federal indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and 24 related offenses, The Miami Herald reported. Thermiotis is the King of Jordan's relative. Thermiotis' brother, Jameel, married King Abdulla's daughter, Princess Iman, last year. The Jordanian Royal Palace did not respond to a request for comment. According to the indictment from the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, the four defendants shared confidential information within a close circle of family and friends, and used it to buy shares at a lower price and then turn a USD 1 million profit after the informatio