sebi:EAD-2/DSR/RG/898/2018
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty imposed on the Noticee
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
- s. 15F
Regulations
- Reg. 9(f)
- Reg. 15H
Parties
- Raima Equities Private Limited
Holding
The Noticee violated SEBI Circular No. CIR/ISD/AML/3/2010 dated December 31, 2010 and Regulation 9(f) of the Broker Regulations read with Clause 2 of Schedule II by arbitrarily categorizing clients as low risk without basis, failing to report STRs to FIU, and having no system to identify PEPs. A monetary penalty of Rs. 2,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992.
Full text
Page 2 of 12 (d) Depository has noted deficiencies in the DP operations. (e) The Noticee has no system in place to identify whether a client or potential client is a politically exposed person (PEP) or not.
Page 3 of 12 December 18, 2017, submitted that it has already filed a detailed reply in the matter. Further, the Noticee stated that it is unable to attend the personal hearing scheduled for the day and requested for an adjournment. Since detailed reply is available on record, I am inclined to proceed further based on the material as available on record in the matter.
Page 4 of 12 Financing of Terrorism’ for the intermediaries associated with the securities market. I find from the SCN that in order to check the compliances of the said circular, the inspection team had verified the records, back office systems, risk management systems, processes and personnel of the Noticee for the period under inspection. Upon inspection, it was observed that the Noticee had no basis while classifying its clients in high, medium and low risk categories. Further, it was observed that the high exposures (figures in crores) which were given by the Noticee to its clients were in no way commensurate with their annual income levels. Some of the instances are as under:
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