Market Manipulation

SEBI crackdown on a family-run stock-tip network shows how social media hype, thin SME liquidity, and rising retail participation can combine into a costly market integrity problem for Indian investors.

Stock manipulation concerns deepened after SEBI barred seven people over an alleged social-media pump-and-dump scheme, signaling tougher scrutiny of finfluencers, SME trading, and retail investor protection in India this year.