sebi:PKK/AO/33/2011

SEBI · SEBI · 2006-10-20 · P K Kuriachen, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; monetary penalty imposed

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(1)

Parties

• M/s. Fincare Financial Consultancy Services Private Limited

Holding

The Noticee violated Regulations 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (g) and (n) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by entering into synchronized and structured deals in the scrip of JSL creating artificial volume. A monetary penalty of Rs 1,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992 was imposed on the Noticee.

Full text

Page 2 of 8 above nature had distorted market equilibrium leading to a spurt in the volume and price of the scrip. 3. In view of the findings of the Investigation as given above, SEBI has initiated adjudication proceedings under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘SEBI Act’’), against M/s. Fincare Financial Consultancy Services Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Noticee”), for allegedly violating the provisions of Regulations 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (g) and (n) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations”).

Page 3 of 8 6. The SCN alleges that the Noticee trading through its broker along with other brokers and their clients had involved in manipulation of the scrip JSL by entering into transactions that are not genuine resulting in the creation of a misleading appearance of trading in the scrip and artificial volume. The Noticee along with the other entities have traded substantially during the relevant period and engaged in synchronized/structured/matched transactions.

Page 4 of 8 trading days and out of which the alleged trades have taken place only on 4 trading days and that too with huge time gap between them. It was submitted that for the trades to be called as structured/synchronized, the trades of both parties should match on a continuous basis over a period of time. Further there should be perfect matching of the ordered quantity, order time and traded quantity at all times. Further, had there been any prior understanding between them and the counter-parties, then all the orders placed by them or most of the orders placed by them should have matched with the counterparty broker-client.

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