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Painting the tape enforcement actions

This library records 2 enforcement actions tagged painting the tape. Painting the tape is executing a series of transactions to create a misleading appearance of activity or of a price trend on the public trade record, in order to draw other participants in.

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 painting the tape technique page.

Actions
2
Total penalties
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Criminal parallel
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Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEBI v. Soumen Mitra and Sanjoy Kumar Dey (V B Industries, remand order, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-03-20 — dismissed
SEBI v. Ethan Constructions Pvt Ltd and others (Sanguine Media volume allegation, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-09-30 — dismissed