sebi:Order/BM/LD/2021-22/15501

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-09-23 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 imposed under Section 15HA

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 11
• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Ashu Garg

Holding

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

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Ashu Garg in the matter of dealing in 2 | P a g e Illiquid stock options at the BSE proceedings against the Noticee for alleged violation of the provisions of Regulation 3(a),(b),(c),(d) and Regulation 4(1) & 4(2)(a) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations, 2003”).

Adjudication Order in respect of Ashu Garg in the matter of dealing in 3 | P a g e Illiquid stock options at the BSE (iv) For the purpose of illustration of non-genuine trades and creation of artificial volume by the Noticee, details of trading done by the Noticee in the contract viz. “NMDC15JUL135.00PEW4” on 23/07/2015 is given below : Sl. no Contract name Avg. buy rate (Rs.) Total buy volume (no. of units) Avg. sell rate (Rs.) Total sell volume (no. of units) Total Volume in the Contract

Adjudication Order in respect of Ashu Garg in the matter of dealing in 4 | P a g e Illiquid stock options at the BSE with an objective to earn the profits in long term. Someone known to me suggested the name of M/s. R K Stock holding Private Limited with complete SEBI registered nos. (PAN AACCR0011K; bearing CIN:U65993UP1995PTC017366) and having its registered address situated at Neel Kanth Marg Civil Lines Moraddabad Uttar Pradesh 244001 India who helped me to open the Demat cum Trading Account to invest for a long term perspective.  I was busy in my other works and invested as per the professional suggestion and advise of the said Broker. I was mainly concerned about my capital protection and some safe returns on the same.  As mentioned above, after perusing the subject letter, I was shocked and immediately contacted & mailed my concern to the concerned broker at Moradabad through which this trade transactions were materialised. His reply of that mail was : that “Your trading was lawful…”  It is pertinent to mention that whatever the trades I have executed with R.K Stock holding Private Limited was upon the instructions and professional guidance of the broker. In city like Moradabad, one may not find the big broker firms in this area & therefore had to reply on someone to maximise my capital and return. Truly speaking, I am a retail non-professional investor and intended to buy and sell securities, SIPs, mutual funds, or exchange traded funds (ETFs) through traditional o

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