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Tuesday 9 April 2013

Harshad Mehta Stock Scam

Harshad Mehta Scam
Harshad Mehta & Ketan Parekh Stock Market Scam came as a shocker for many. It was basically a fraud done in the capital market with the investors by manipulating the facts in order to attain enormous profits There is no way that the investor community could forget the unfortunate 4000 crores Harshad Mehta scam and over 1000 crores Ketan Parekh scam which eroded the shareholders wealth in form of big market. Harshad Mehta went to become one of the successful brokers in India.
The scam involved huge diversion of funds and intra trading. He triggered a rise in the Bombay stock exchange in the year 1992 by trading in shares at a premium across many segments. Taking advantage of the loopholes in the banking system, Harshad and his associates triggered a securities scam diverting funds into 400 crores from the banks to stockbrokers between 1991 to may 1992.

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