sebi:ED/SP/WRO/WRO/21099/2022-23
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Facts / Headnote
Violation established; Noticee directed to refund Rs.36,47,590.33 to clients/investors within three months with public notice and CA-certified report, deposit balance with SEBI in escrow, and debarred from securities market for 6 months.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12(1)
- s. 12
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 2(1)(l)
- Reg. 3(1)
- Reg. 2(1)(m)
Parties
- Investment Academy
- Vijay Mourya
Holding
The Noticee acted as an investment adviser without SEBI registration in violation of Section 12(1) of the SEBI Act, 1992 read with Regulation 3(1) of the IA Regulations, 2013, and was directed to refund Rs.36,47,590.33 to investors/clients and was debarred from the securities market for 6 months.
Full text
Final Order in the matter of Investment Academy Page 2 of 17 (ii) On examination of the matter by SEBI, it was observed that the website of Investment Academy i.e. www.investmentacademy.in is not active. The archive pages of the website were downloaded from web.archive.org. The downloaded pages of the Investment Academy website disclosed the following:
Final Order in the matter of Investment Academy Page 3 of 17 Academy believe that our services combined with our investors trust will lead to a prosperous Investment Academy family.
Final Order in the matter of Investment Academy Page 4 of 17 Linked Bank Account : ICICI Bank : 004105501351 3. From the above, I note that the Noticee through its website www.investmentacademy.in claimed to be pioneer research advisory, having a team of specialized financial market analysts carrying out capital market research plus delivering tips and advices for stock, futures and commodities traded on the MCX and NCDEX. The statement received from PayUMoney, shows various payments made by the complainant to the Noticee.
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