sebi:1293010898364
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Facts / Headnote
Restrained Sourabh H. Bora from buying, selling or dealing in securities for a period of eighteen months with immediate effect.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 11(3)
- s. 11B
Regulations
- Reg. 11
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 4(a)
- Reg. 4(d)
- Reg. 4(b)
Parties
- Sourabh H. Bora
Holding
SEBI's Whole Time Member found that Sourabh H. Bora, acting in concert with Kosha Investments Limited (KIL) and Snowcem India Ltd ('SIL'), contravened Regulations 4(a), 4(b) and 4(d) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 1995 by engaging in structured, synchronized trades and fictitious book entries that created an artificial market and price rise in the scrip of 'SIL', and restrained him from dealing in securities for eighteen months.
Full text
2 2 From an average daily volume of 12,521 shares during the period from March to May 1999, the volumes started rising and were in the range of 60,000 - 65,000 shares per day till August 1999.
3 was observed that KIL, was the predominant trader in the scrip during the period of investigations, and that a common set of clients were trading in the scrip through BSE and NSE members during the relevant period of time. These clients, who had formed a cartel and traded through the members of both BSE and NSE during the investigation period, had executed several transactions for KIL. It was further noted that some of these entities, who were also brokers of BSE/NSE, had traded substantially in the scrip either through their own card and/or through some other brokers of BSE/ NSE (by enrolling as clients to them). Their trading in the scrip accounted for approximately 40% of the combined trading volume of NSE and BSE and this, in the main, contributed to the price rise in the scrip. Based on these reports, it was deduced that there was a possibility that these trades were fictitious and meant to create artificial volumes and increase the price of the scrip of ‘SIL’. Amongst these clients, Sourabh H. Bora (for brevity’s sake, hereinafter referred to as ‘SB’) was amongst the top five ultimate clients, through whom KIL had traded substantially in the scrip during the period under investigation. Major fund transfers from the account of ‘SIL’ to the account of KIL and from the books of KIL to the accounts of the brokers/sub brokers took place by a process whereby KIL received the funds from ‘SIL’, which were then utilised by it to meet its settlement obligations with various bro
4 the Securities Market) Regulations, 1995, (for brevity’s sake hereinafter referred to as the ‘Regulations’). SB was directed to reply to the said notice within 21 days of the receipt thereof and it was also indicated to him that if he failed to reply with in the stipulated time, it would be presumed that he had nothing to say in the matter and SEBI would be free to take such action as deemed fit. Along with the notice, the extracts of the investigation report, relevant to SB and the other materials relied upon in the show cause notice were annexed. Subsequently, SEBI, vide letter dated August 26, 2002, forwarded to SB, copies of the relevant bank statements of accounts maintained by SB and the copy of the sauda sheet of the brokers with whom he had dealt in the scrip.
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