YouTube Stock Tips: Is Your Advisor SEBI-Registered?
SEBI has completed recovery action against a YouTuber who gave paid stock tips on Sadhna Broadcast Ltd without being registered. If you follow unregistered stock influencers, your money is at serious risk.
One viral stock tip video can cost its creator more than 10 years of a salaried person's savings in SEBI penalties.
Your favourite stock YouTuber may already be on SEBI's defaulter list
Key Takeaways
Check if any stock tip channel you follow is listed on SEBI's official RIA (Registered Investment Adviser) registry at sebi.gov.in before acting on any recommendation.
Report suspicious YouTube or Telegram stock tip channels directly to SEBI via the SCORES portal (scores.sebi.gov.in) — SEBI does act on complaints as this case proves.
Avoid investing in small-cap or low-liquidity scrips recommended by social media personalities — these are prime targets for pump-and-dump schemes that leave retail investors with losses.
SEBI has completed recovery action against a YouTuber who gave paid stock tips on Sadhna Broadcast Ltd without being registered. If you follow unregistered stock influencers, your money is at serious risk.
Here's what happened: SEBI completed Recovery Certificate No. 9254 of 2026 against Pooja Aggarwal for giving YouTube-based stock tips on Sadhna Broadcast Ltd without a valid SEBI registration.. Recovery Certificates are SEBI's final enforcement tool — issued after penalties are confirmed unpaid, allowing SEBI to seize assets directly from the defaulter.. This action is part of SEBI's ongoing crackdown on unregistered 'finfluencers' who disguise paid stock promotion as independent investment advice on social media..
What you should do: Check if any stock tip channel you follow is listed on SEBI's official RIA (Registered Investment Adviser) registry at sebi.gov.in before acting on any recommendation.. Report suspicious YouTube or Telegram stock tip channels directly to SEBI via the SCORES portal (scores.sebi.gov.in) — SEBI does act on complaints as this case proves.. Avoid investing in small-cap or low-liquidity scrips recommended by social media personalities — these are prime targets for pump-and-dump schemes that leave retail investors with losses..
Pro tip: Any adviser asking for a subscription fee to share specific stock names is legally required to be SEBI-registered as an RIA — if they're not, every rupee you pay them is a red flag.
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- [1]“Completion of Recovery Certificate No. 9254 of 2026 dated July 27, 2026, issued to Pooja Aggarwal (PAN: AGMPA6216C) [Defaulter] in the matter of trading-based stock recommendations using social media YouTube in the scrip of Sadhna Broadcast Ltd.” SEBI RSS Feed · 13 Aug 2026
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