sebi:Order/SM/SM/2021-22/14687
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Facts / Headnote
Violation established; penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
- s. 11C
- s. 15F
- s. 28A
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 3(a)
Parties
- Abhinav Singh (PAN: DOWPS8781H)
Holding
The Adjudicating Officer held that Abhinav Singh violated regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing non-genuine reversal trades in stock options that created artificial volume, and imposed a penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 under section 15HA of the SEBI Act.
Full text
Page 2 of 24 positions by the clients and counterparties in a contract on the same day. It was observed that Abhinav Singh (PAN: DOWPS8781H) (hereinafter referred to as “Noticee”) was one such client whose reversal trades involved squaring off open positions with a significant difference without any basis for such change in the contract price. The aforesaid reversal trades allegedly resulted into generation of artificial volumes, leading to allegations that the Noticee had violated the provisions of regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and regulations 4(1), 4(2)(a) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trading Practices related to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations, 2003”).
Page 3 of 24 not be initiated against the Noticee and penalty not be imposed on the Noticee under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act for the violations alleged to have been committed by the Noticee.
Page 4 of 24 8. The abovementioned reversal trades and volumes are illustrated through the dealings of Noticee in the one contract, viz., “AXIS15MAR560.00CE” during the investigation period, as follows: (a) During the investigation period, 2 trades for 80,000 units were executed by the Noticee in the said contract on 20/03/2015. (b) While dealing in the said contract on 20/03/2015, at 13:55:02.246266 hrs the Noticee entered into a buy trade with counterparty Doubledot Finance Ltd. for 40,000 units at Rs. 4 per unit. At 13:55:06.546510 hrs the Noticee entered into a sell trade with the same counterparty, for 40,000 units at Rs. 14 per unit. (c) The Noticee’s two trades while dealing in the aforesaid contract during the investigation period allegedly generated artificial volume of 80,000 units, which made up 8.10% of total market volume in the said contract during this period.
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