SEBI Bans Arshad Warsi & Wife from Stock Market: 1-Year Ban, Fines Over YouTube Scam

Bollywood Star Banned: Why Arshad Warsi & Wife Can’t Trade Stocks for a Year India’s stock market watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has banned popular Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi and his wife Maria Goretti from trading in the stock market for one year. They were also fined ₹5 lakh each. This decision has shocked many fans. But what exactly did they do wrong? Let’s break it down in simple terms. The Heart of the Problem: A "Pump and Dump" Scheme SEBI found that Arshad and Maria were part of a larger group of 59 people and companies involved in illegally manipulating the share price of a company called Sadhna Broadcast Limited (now known as Crystal Business System Ltd) 1 2 4 . This type of scam is commonly called a “pump and dump” scheme . Here’s how it worked: Phase 1 - The "Pump": First, a group of people closely connected to the company’s promoters (the main owners) started trading the company’s shares among themselv...