Fraud concerns raise red flags for India’s booming tiny IPOs
The Straits Times|May 15, 2024
A string of accounting frauds unearthed by India's securities regulator in May poses another risk to the blistering rally in shares of tiny businesses.
Fraud concerns raise red flags for India’s booming tiny IPOs

Varanium Cloud and Add-Shop E-Retail - both listed on the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) platform were found to have manipulated their financial statements to fuel gains in their shares, according to initial orders issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).

The authorities have banned both companies and their founders from dealing in the country's capital market.

The crackdown comes after the regulator issued warnings earlier in 2024 of price manipulation in tiny initial public offerings (IPOs).

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