sebi:ORDER/VV/HS/2019-20/6639

SEBI · SEBI · 2018-11-30 · Vijayant Kumar Verma, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on the Noticee for violation of PFUTP Regulations

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 2
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Cheminare Trade Comm Private Limited

Holding

The Noticee violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and 4(1), 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by executing reversal trades in illiquid stock options with the same counterparties on the same day, creating artificial volume and a false or misleading appearance of trading, and is liable to a penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Cheminare Trade Comm Private Limited. Page 2 of 23 1992, (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI Act”) read with Section 15-I (1) of the SEBI Act and Rule 3 of the SEBI (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as “Adjudication Rules”) to conduct adjudication proceedings inter-alia in respect of the Noticee, in the manner specified under Rule 4 of the Adjudication Rules read with Section 15-I (1) and (2) of the SEBI Act, and if satisfied that penalty is liable, to impose such

Adjudication Order in respect of Cheminare Trade Comm Private Limited. Page 3 of 23 upon by SEBI for alleging the charges against us in the SCN, including but not limited to the following documents/material viz.

Adjudication Order in respect of Cheminare Trade Comm Private Limited. Page 4 of 23 6. The trades in Options on BSE were part of our speculative trading strategy. We had traded in 25 different contract spread across 2-days in small lots. Our trades have allegedly matched with 45-counterparties. All our orders were placed, in keeping with the market depth and the order logs displayed in the anonymous screen.

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