sebi:BS/AO-77/2008

SEBI · SEBI · Biju. S, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of Rs.25,00,000 imposed on Opee Stock-Link Limited

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12A
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 199
• Reg. 200

Parties

• Opee Stock-Link Limited

Holding

Opee Stock-Link Limited, as a key operator, violated Section 12A of the SEBI Act, 1992 and Regulations 3 and 4 of the FUTP Regulations, 2003 by cornering 12039 shares in the Jet Airways IPO from 553 afferent accounts, and a penalty of Rupees Twenty Five Lakh under Section 15HA was imposed.

Full text

2 6. Gokaldas Export (March – April 2005) 7. ILFS Investmart (July 2005) 8. Indraprasth Gas (November – December 2003) 9. Infrastructure Development Finance Co. Ltd. (IDFC) (July 2005)

3 process. In this regard, it is alleged that the said practice was adopted to corner the quota for retail investors in the IPOs of the companies.

4 8. During the course of investigation, it was found that the noticee opened large number of fictitious / benami accounts and it received large number of shares from these fictitious accounts into its own demat account. As such activities of the noticee are alleged to have been for the purpose of cornering of shares, the noticee is alleged to have violated the provisions of Section 12A of SEBI Act, 1992 and Regulations 3, 4 and 6 of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 1995 (herein after referred to as “FUTP Regulations”) and Regulations 3 and 4 of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003, which prohibits dealings in securities in a fraudulent manner and also prohibits any device, scheme or artifice in connection with dealing in or issue of securities or engaging in any act or practice which operates as a fraud or deceit upon any person in connection with the dealing in or issue of securities or indulging in a fraudulent or unfair trade practice in securities.

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