Mumbai, Aug. 2 -- The financial frauds in Indian capital markets have ranged from simple diversion of shareholder funds to the use of complex structures and transactions to bypass regulatory safeguards, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SABI) Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Friday.

Addressing the Future Proof Forensics 2025 event held in Mumbai, the SEBI chief highlighted how the market regulator has used forensic audits to uncover several such frauds in recent times.

"We must safeguard market integrity, the foundation that fuels investor participation and sustains capital formation," he said.

Citing examples of egregious cases, Pandey said SEBI investigations have revealed several instances where listed companies engaged in ...