sebi:15044
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Facts / Headnote
No further penalty imposed; broker advised to be careful in future
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
Parties
- Credit Suisse First Boston (India) Securities Pvt. Ltd.
Holding
No further penalty was imposed on Credit Suisse First Boston (India) Securities Pvt. Ltd. for alleged price manipulation in the shares of DSQ Biotech Ltd., despite being found guilty of violating FUTP Regulations, on the ground that an encore of proceedings existed over the same set of facts. The broker was advised to be careful while dealing in securities in future.
Full text
1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 The shares of DSQ Biotech Ltd., now known as Origin Agrostar Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the company) were listed at the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as NSE). It was noticed that substantial trades took place in the shares of the company at BSE and NSE between December 1999 to March
2.1 Pursuant to the aforesaid investigation, SEBI had appointed an Enquiry Officer vide orders dated July 5, 2005 and October 14, 2005 under regulation 4 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Procedure for Holding Enquiry by Enquiry Officer and Imposing Penalty) Regulations, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as ‘said regulations’) to enquire into the alleged contraventions/ violations of the above provisions committed by the Broker. 2.2 The Enquiry Officer had conducted the enquiry in terms of the said Regulations and vide report dated November 8, 2006 found the Broker guilty of violating inter alia the provisions of FUTP Regulations and the Broker Regulations. However, taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case, the submission made by the Broker and the orders earlier passed by SEBI in respect of the affairs of the Broker in the manipulation of the shares of the company (for the same period, December 1999 – March 2001) , the Enquiry Officer had not recommended any
directed the Broker to be careful in future while dealing in securities. The said order also took into account the totality of the transactions entered into by the Broker in various scrips including that of the company, as would be evident from the observations in the said order that “Investigations were conducted by SEBI into the affairs of CSFB for alleged market manipulations”. Though the Broker was found guilty of violating the provisions of clauses (b) (c) & (d) of regulation 4 of the FUTP Regulations, taking into account the penalty imposed ( on the Broker ) by SEBI vide
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