sebi:EAD-6/PM-AB/005/2019-20
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Facts / Headnote
Violation found; monetary penalty imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 3(a)
Holding
The Noticee violated Regulations 3(a),(b),(c)&(d) and 4(1), 4(2)(a)&(e) of the PFUTP Regulations by non-genuine manipulative trades in the scrip of Malabar, and a monetary penalty of Rs. 8,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.
Full text
Page 2 of 9 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, REPLY AND PERSONAL HEARING 4. A Show Cause Notice dated March 27, 2018 (hereinafter be referred to as the “SCN”) was issued to the Noticee under Rule 4 of the AO Rules to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be initiated and penalty be not imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act for the allegations as detailed in the said SCN. The SCN alleged that during the investigation period, the price of the scrip of Malabar opened at Rs. 5.15 and closed at Rs. 13.5 with a high of Rs. 351.9 and a low of Rs. 5.15. A total of 33,01,711 shares were traded during the investigation period with the average daily traded volume of 8,296 shares. The price movement during the investigation period was examined in various patches. As per the trade data during the period June 18, 2014 to November 12, 2014 the scrip price of Malabar opened at Rs.68.4 and closed at Rs.345 i.e. contributing to net positive LTP of Rs.276.6. The summary of trading of the Noticee was as follows: Table 1: Summary of trading done by the Noticee
Page 3 of 9 6. From the aforesaid trading of the Noticee, it was observed that the sell orders were placed for shares in the range of 10-20 shares when the respective buy
Page 4 of 9 shares sold on October 16, 2014 the client could sell only 10 shares as per market rate. e. The loss of the Noticee in the stock is Rs. 1,60,069.39.
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