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Social media ramps enforcement actions

This library records 26 enforcement actions tagged social media ramps. A social media ramp is a coordinated posting campaign designed to drive attention and buying into a thinly traded security, so that the organisers can sell into the demand their posts created.

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 social media ramps technique page.

Actions
26
Total penalties
$1.1m
Median penalty
$230k
Largest
$473k
Criminal parallel
15%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEBI v. Abhay Dwivedi and others (YouTube promotion, Decillion Finance, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-08-03 — judgment
SEBI v. Anupam Narain Gupta and others (paid Telegram tips, Moksh Ornaments, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-07-30 — judgment
SEBI v. Amesh Surajlal Jaiswal and others (Telegram tips, Akash Infra-Projects, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-07-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Veerkrupa Jewellers Limited and others (SME IPO publicity and trading, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-05-29 — judgment
SEBI v. Aakash Doshi and others (Telegram tips, Darshan Orna Limited, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-05-15 — judgment
SEBI v. Sanjay Arunkumar Choksi and others (Telegram tips, Retro Green Revolution, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-03-17 — judgment
SEBI v. Yayaati Hasmukhray Nada and others (Telegram stock tips, Unison Metals, 2026) SEBI (India) 2026-02-05 — judgment
SEC v. Brett Rosen and others (social media ramps, 2026) SEC 2026-02-04 — filed
SEBI v. Manish Mishra and others (YouTube promotion of GG Engineering, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-12-19 — judgment
SEBI v. Manish Mishra and Vivek Chauhan (Hemo Organic YouTube videos, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-08-19 — dismissed
SEBI v. Gaurav Gupta, Rakesh Kumar Gupta and others (YouTube pump and dump, Sadhna Broadcast, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-05-29 — judgment
SEBI v. Manish Mishra and others (YouTube stock promotion, Atlantaa Limited, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-04-30 — judgment
SEBI v. Ravindra Dahyabhai Patel (Sadhna Broadcast YouTube pump, settlement, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-02-27 — settled
SEBI v. Vivek Chauhan, Manish Mishra and others (Pressure Sensitive Systems YouTube ramp, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-01-31 — judgment
SEC v. David Banister, et al. (social media ramps, 2024) SEC 2024-12-10 — filed
SEBI v. Vinod V. Sable and others (Svarnim Trade Udyog Ltd pump and dump, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-05-31 — judgment
SEBI v. Rajneesh Kumar and others (Superior Finlease Ltd pump and dump, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-05-22 — judgment
SEC v. Michael M. Beck and Helen Robinson (social media ramps, 2024) SEC 2024-05-13 $230k judgment
SEBI v. Hanif Kasambhai Shekh and Robert Resources Ltd (Telegram channel Safebulls, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-04-30 — judgment
SEC v. Francis Sabo (social media ramps, 2023) SEC 2023-05-26 — settled
SEBI v. Himanshu Mahendrabhai Patel and others (Telegram stock recommendations, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-04-26 — judgment
SEC v. Edward Constantin, et al. (social media ramps, 2022) SEC 2022-12-14 — filed
SEC v. Justin Costello and David Ferraro (social media ramps, 2022) SEC 2022-10-06 — filed
SEC v. Michael M. Beck, a/k/a @BigMoneyMike6, and Relief Defendant Helen P. Robinson (newsletter scalping, 2022) SEC 2022-02-07 $230k judgment
SEC v. Steven M. Gallagher, a/k/a "Alexander Delarge" (social media ramps, 2021) SEC 2021-10-26 $473k judgment
SEC v. Andrew L. Fassari (social media ramps, 2021) SEC 2021-08-27 $195k judgment