SEBI bans Ketan Parekh again for new front-running scam allegations
Hindustan TimesMarket regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has banned former stock broker Ketan Parekh from buying and selling securities again. SEBI had investigated the trades undertaken by individuals and brokers associated with Parekh over a two-year period which ended on June 2023 Parekh was behind one of the worst financial scandals in India's history at the turn of the century. SEBI had investigated the trades undertaken by individuals and brokers associated with Parekh over a two-year period which ended on June 2023, the order released by the regulator on Thursday, January 2, 2025, said. The investigation showed that Parekh had allegedly obtained non-public information of a major US fund’s trades from Singapore-based Rohit Salgaocar, who had an agreement to refer trades of that fund to Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. and Nuvama Wealth Management Ltd, according to the report. SEBI had initially banned Parekh in 2003 for 14 years due to allegations of insider trading, price rigging and illegal diversion of bank funds into the stock market.