sebi:BM/AO-48/2010
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Facts / Headnote
Noticee held liable for violations; penalty of Rs. 2,50,000 imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 3
Parties
- Dinesh Kumar Lodha
Holding
The Noticee, broker Dinesh Kumar Lodha, was held to have violated regulations 3, 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (e), (g), (n) and (o) of PFUTP Regulations and clauses A(1), (2), (3), (4) and B(4)(a) of the Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers by executing cross deals and synchronized trades that created artificial volume and manipulated the price of scrip CFML. A total penalty of Rs. 2,50,000 was imposed (Rs. 2,00,000 under section 15HA and Rs. 50,000 under section 15HB of the SEBI Act).
Full text
Page 2 of 18 Rs.280/- on February 25, 2005, i.e. an increase of 608% within period of 13 months 20 days. 2. On analysis of the trading data obtained from CSE it was observed that the transactions of two brokers viz: Ahilya Commercial Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter after refereed to as the “Ahilya”) and Dinesh Kumar Lodha (hereinafter after refereed to as the “Noticee”) constituted 87.42% of the volume in the scrip of CFML. The role of the brokers and the entities who had traded in the scrip of CFML was scrutinized. It was alleged that the brokers, through cross deals and synchronized trades, had manipulated the price and created artificial volume in the scrip during the investigation period.
Page 3 of 18 Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Rules’) to inquire into and adjudge the alleged violations of provisions of PFUTP and Brokers Regulations committed by the Noticee.
Page 4 of 18 • The transactions were resulted in actual delivery and transfer ownership of the shares. • We have not gained/earned or taken unfair advantage or otherwise in any manner whatsoever except our normal brokerage. • If any gain whatsoever arisen out of these trades, the beneficiaries are the clients/owners of the shares or the promoters of the company. We neither own any share of this company nor related with the clients or promoters of the company. We gained nothing more than our normal brokerage. • As we executed all the trades on behalf of the clients, it is they who might have ulterior motive/intention to manipulate the price/create the false volume of the shares or else. We neither have motive/intention nor involved in manipulating the price/creating the false volume of the shares or else for any personal gain. • If the trades are synchronized, it might be arranged/planned by the clients as we shall never be able to know that trades are synchronized till investigation report like yours are made available to us. Apart from due diligence, we are not supposed to ask the judgment of the clients to place an offer/bid to purchase or sell a share at any price which they tell us. • It is observed from your investigation (trade log) that either our offers were executed instantly because the counterparty bid was already existed at that moment or the offers were executed in longer than a span of few seconds (except in some cases). In such a case, how we can infer/foresee
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