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Front running enforcement actions

This library records 61 enforcement actions tagged front running. Front running is trading ahead of a customer order to capture the price improvement that order will produce, which breaches a duty owed to that customer rather than falsifying any public price.

Actions are listed newest first. Each row links to a case page carrying the regulator's own release and, where one was published, the complaint. For how this technique works and what statute it engages, read the front running technique page.

Actions
61
Total penalties
$1.6m
Median penalty
$800k
Largest
$1.5m
Criminal parallel
3%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEBI v. Bhavik Indravadan Shah and others (front running a broker client, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-08-19 — judgment
SEBI v. Madhav Stock Vision Pvt. Ltd. and others (front running a large institutional client, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-07-24 — judgment
SEBI v. Prijesh Kurani and others (front running a broker's client orders, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-04-30 — judgment
SEBI v. Ashok Maheshwari and others (front running a portfolio manager's trades, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-04-27 — judgment
SEBI v. Vishvanath Goswami and others (front running a foreign fund's trades, Chaturvedi group, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-03-27 — judgment
SEBI v. Sunny Bhatia and others (front running Sarvottam Securities trades, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-03-24 — judgment
SEBI v. Ashish S Parekh and others (front running of a large client's orders, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-01-16 — judgment
SEBI v. Hemant Ghai (CNBC Awaaz stock recommendations, settlement, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-12-09 — settled
SEBI v. Atul Gopeshwar Chaturvedi (front running of Societe Generale orders, settlement, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-11-18 — settled
SEBI v. Dilip Kumar Kanoria and others (front running of a proprietary client, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-10-27 — judgment
SEBI v. Shankar Tukaram Vadatkar and others (front running of family-trust orders, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-10-23 — judgment
SEBI v. Sunny Bhatia and others (front running of a family-group client, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-10-06 — judgment
SEBI v. Manish Chaturvedi and others (front running of Societe Generale orders, settlement, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-10-06 — settled
SEBI v. Kushal Rajesh Sheth and others (front running of Marcellus group trades, settlement, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-10-03 — settled
SEBI v. Partha Sarathi Dhar and others (Zee Business guest-expert recommendations, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-07-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Aqua Proof Wall Plast Private Limited and others (front running of a big seller in KPIT Technologies, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-07-10 — judgment
SEBI v. Adhunik Dealcom Private Limited and others (front running of Santosh Industries orders, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-07-04 — judgment
SEBI v. MBM Financial Services, Chetan Mehta and Mehernosh D. Bhagat (front running of Alpna Enterprises orders, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-05-30 — judgment
SEBI v. Nikhil Khaitan and others (family front running of big-client orders, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-03-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Rohan Banerjee and Rahul Banerjee (front running of Tusk Investment orders, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-03-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Hemant Ghai and others (trading ahead of TV stock recommendations, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-03-19 — judgment
SEBI v. Mandar Ulhas Bhatkar and Vikrant Bhimrao Kadam (front running of SVI Consolidated trades, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-01-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Meghana Gosar and Deven Sangoi (front running settlement, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-01-08 — settled
SEBI v. Samir Kothari, Jitendra N. Kewalramani and others (front running of Sheth family trust orders, settlement, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-12-19 — settled
SEBI v. Murari Lal Sarda and others (front running of Thar Share Brokers group trades, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-11-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Sachin Bhogte and others (front running of Girik Wealth Advisors trades, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-08-09 — judgment
SEBI v. Gaurav Singhal and Alka Jain (front running of Sapphire Intrex orders, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-07-30 — judgment
SEBI v. Pradeep Baijnath Pandya and others (CNBC Awaaz, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-06-11 — judgment
SEBI v. Gaurav Dedhia and Kajal Savla (front running of institutional orders, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-05-31 — judgment
SEBI v. Bhavin Pankaj Doshi and others (Maxgrow Fintrade front running, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-04-26 — settled
SEBI v. Rohit Mankotia and Shila Devi (Sapphire Intrex front running, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-03-26 — judgment
SEBI v. Kaushal Chandarana and others (Banhem and Ninja front running of Anvil, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-03-21 — judgment
SEBI v. Tushar Gupta (Tata Absolute Return Fund front running, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-02-27 — dismissed
SEBI v. Kishan Vishram Nanda and others (Sanctum Wealth front running, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-01-31 — judgment
SEBI v. R. Senthil Kumar and others (Trustline front running, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-01-25 — judgment
SEBI v. Pranav Dipak Desai and others (Ambit Capital dealers, Aequitas complaint, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-11-29 — judgment
SEBI v. Rajat Jain and Ritesh Jain (Principal Mutual Fund, DHFL downgrade switches, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-09-20 — dismissed
SEBI v. Pawan N Agarwal (front running of Aequitas client trades, settlement, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-07-04 — settled
SEBI v. Ketan Bhupendra Parekh and another (front running a portfolio manager, Quest Investment Advisors, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-02-10 — judgment
SEBI v. Harshal Vira and others (front running of a fund client, Reliance Securities dealers matter, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-01-30 — judgment
SEBI v. Mukesh Parekh and others (front running, settlement, Reliance Securities dealers matter, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-01-23 — settled
SEBI v. Mukesh Parekh and Archana Mukesh Parekh (front running Tata Absolute Return Fund, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-12-26 — settled
SEC v. Lawrence Billimek and Alan Williams (front running, 2022) SEC 2022-12-20 — settled
SEBI v. Labdhi Enterprises and Falguni Ketan Parekh (front running Tata Absolute Return Fund, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-12-02 — settled
SEBI v. Kanchan Jena and others (front running of Deutsche Mutual Fund, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-10-21 — judgment
SEC v. Sergei Polevikov (front running, 2022) SEC 2022-08-17 — judgment
SEBI v. Anita Shyam Mhatre and others (front running of Reliance Capital Mutual Fund, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-07-29 — judgment
SEBI v. Jasmine Piyush Karia and Piyush Vasantbhai Karia (front running, Quest Investment Advisors trades, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-07-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Bhola Nath Dhall and Abhishek Dhall (Religare Finvest front-running, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-06-08 — judgment
SEBI v. Virendra Pratap Singh and others (India Infoline front-running through mule accounts, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-06-03 — judgment
SEBI v. Vaibhav Dhadda and others (Fidelity funds front-running, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-06-03 — judgment
SEBI v. Madhu Chanda and others (Sterling Group front-running accounts, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-31 — judgment
SEBI v. Manish Chaturvedi and others (Sterling Group front-running, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-31 — judgment
SEBI v. Bhavesh Gadhavi (Sterling Group front-running, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 — judgment
SEBI v. Vishal Vijay Shah (Sterling Group front-running broker, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 — judgment
CFTC v. Classic Energy LLC and Mathew D. Webb (front running, 2019) CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.5m settled
AMF France v. A and B (insider trading, 2017) AMF (France) 2017-12-18 — judgment
SEC v. Christopher M. Gibson (front running, 2016) SEC 2016-03-29 — dismissed
CFTC v. Arya Motazedi (front running, 2015) CFTC 2015-12-02 $100k judgment
AMF France v. Company X, A, B and C (front-running of a client order, 2011) AMF (France) 2011-07-04 — judgment
AMF France v. A, B (analyst-manipulation, front-running, 2010) AMF (France) 2010-01-21 — judgment