sebi:IVD-ID5/ESL-HJSL/AO/DRK/AKS/EAD3-308/06-2012
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty imposed on the noticee for violations of PFUTP Regulations and Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15J
- s. 15H
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 3
Parties
- H.J. Securities Pvt. Ltd.
Holding
The noticee H.J. Securities Pvt. Ltd. was held to have violated Regulations 3(a), (d), 4(1), 4(2)(a) and (g) of the PFUTP Regulations and Clauses A(1), A(3), A(4) and A(5) of the Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers by indulging in fictitious/self trades on its proprietary account. A consolidated penalty of Rs. 3,50,000 was imposed on the noticee.
Full text
Page 2 of 12 examination for the period March 02 - 09, 2009 and forwarded their reports to SEBI for further action. Subsequently SEBI carried out investigation in the matter.
Page 3 of 12 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, HEARING AND REPLY 4. A Show Cause Notice (herein after referred to as ‘SCN’) dated 24.06.2011 was served on the noticee by “Hand Delivery Acknowledgement Due” in terms of the provisions of Rule 4 of the SEBI (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 1995 requiring it to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against it and why
Page 4 of 12 o From the above table, it has been observed that the noticee while dealing on its own account indulged in fictitious trades where the noticee was the buyer as well as the seller for some trades resulting in no change of beneficial ownership. It is observed that approximately 7% (2,00,725 shares) of its total buy on March 02, 2009 were fictitious trades which constituted approx. 0.59% of the total traded quantity of the scrip on the day of listing. It is further observed that these self trades / fictitious trades were significant (more than 2 lakh shares).
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