The document discusses the capital market scam perpetrated by Harshad Mehta in India in the early 1990s. It provides background on capital markets and defines a capital market scam. It then details how Harshad Mehta rose from humble beginnings to become a top stockbroker, only to orchestrate one of the biggest financial scams in India's history by diverting billions of rupees from banks to pump up stock prices. He used loopholes in the banking system and was later arrested, charged with multiple crimes, and banned from trading, though many legal cases continued against him until his death.