SEBI has barred US-based Jane Street Group from participating in the Indian stock market and ordered it to disgorge unlawful gains of ₹4,843 crore for allegedly manipulating stock indices through derivative positions.

The lawsuit alleged that the traders had stolen a “ highly valuable, unique, and proprietary ” trading strategy, which was quickly revealed to revolve around India’s booming options market. Jane Street and Millennium settled the lawsuit in December, but judging from SEBI’s report it has cast a long (and expensive) shadow.

US-based trading firm Jane Street has been banned from Indian markets after SEBI uncovered an alleged ‘intra-day index manipulation’ strategy that helped the firm earn ₹735 crore in a single trading day—raising serious concerns about algorithmic trading in