sebi:BM/AO-39/2012
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty imposed on the Noticee for violating Regulations 3, 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (e) and (g) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to the Securities Market) Regulations, 2003
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
Parties
- Sanjeev Agarwal
Holding
The Noticee, Sanjeev Agarwal, was held liable for fraudulent and unfair trade practices in the scrip of RCFL, including contributing to new high prices, trading above the last traded price, and executing reversal/circular trades with connected entities to create artificial volumes, in violation of Regulations 3, 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (e) and (g) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003, attracting penalty under section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.
Full text
Page 2 of 27 2. During the investigation period the scrip was trade for 138 days. It was observed that the price of the scrip opened at Rs 8.90 on March 27, 2009 and moved to a high of 80.15 on August 12, 2009 and closed at 73.70 on August 12, 2009 with an average volume of 5,258 shares per day. There were no trades executed in the scrip of RCFL at DSE and UPSE during the investigation period.
Page 3 of 27 7. It was alleged in the SCN that the Noticee contributed to new high price, entered into trades at a higher price than the last traded price in the scrip and also executed reversal/circular trades thereby created artificial volumes in the scrip of RCFL and manipulated the price of the scrip which led to manipulative, fraudulent and unfair trade in the scrip during the investigation period.
Page 4 of 27 (4) I am an investor and do not know about the technicalities of the share market but only know jobbing is permitted by stock exchange which has done by me.
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