sebi:ORDER/JJ/MG/2022-2023/15830

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-09-20 · JENYJOHN, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation found; penalty of Rs.5,00,000 imposed

Provisions invoked

Regulations

Parties

Holding

The Noticee violated Regulation 3(a), 3(b) and 4(1), 4(2)(a) of PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing non-genuine synchronized reversal trades, and is liable to a monetary penalty of Rs.5,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Page 2 of 20 generation of artificial volumes by the aforesaid clients and counterparties, leading to allegations that the Noticee had violated Regulation 3 (a), (b), (c), (d) and Regulation 4 (1), 4(2) (a) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trading Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations”).

Page 3 of 20 b) The Noticee is alleged to have engaged in 1 such reversal trade in 1 unique contract, which led to generation of alleged artificial volume of 80,000 units on August 3, 2015.

Page 4 of 20 6. From the trades executed by the Noticee in the contract of “DABU15AUG290.00CEW3”, it is observed that: a) While dealing in the said contract on 03/08/2015, at 15:00:43:46 hrs. the Noticee entered into a buy trade with counterparty Overactive Merchants Private Limited for 40,000 units at Rs. 3.50 per unit, which was reversed by a sell trade at 15:00:53:44 hrs with the same counterparty for 40,000 units at Rs. 9.00 per unit.

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