sebi:PKK/AO/45/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Violation established; penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 imposed under Section 15HA
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 19
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
Holding
The Noticee violated Regulation 4(1), 4(2)(a) and (g) of the PFUTP Regulations by indulging in synchronized structured and reversal trades creating artificial volume in VLL, and is liable to a monetary penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.
Full text
Page 2 of 10 Noticee purchased 1,26,516 shares and sold 1,26,916 shares of VLL amounting to 8.04% and 8.06% of the total traded volume. The Noticee indulged in structural and reversal trades for 220667 shares which were 87.70% of the total trades done by it. The Noticee was not interested in transferring the ownership of the securities and wanted to create artificial trading volume in the scrip of VLL in the securities market.
Page 3 of 10 August 17, 2010 appointed the undersigned as AO consequent to his transfer to Enforcement Department. Show Cause Notice, Reply and Personal Hearing
Page 4 of 10 7. The SCN was sent to the Noticee through “Registered Post with A/d” and the same was returned undelivered. The SCN was later on sent through M/s. Farsight Stock Brokers Pvt. Ltd.(FSBPL), since there was no communication of delivery, it was sent to SEBI Northern Regional Office in order to be served upon the Noticee. Again, the SCN was sent to the Noticee through courier, but returned undelivered and then to FSBPL through courier which was duly delivered. FSBPL vide their letter dated November 10, 2009 stated that attempt was made by them to serve the SCN upon the Noticee, but he was not available at the given address, they therefore sent the same to the Noticee by courier. A reference of the SCN and the Hearing Notice was published in the newspaper, The Hindustan Times, on February 09, 2011 and copies of the same were uploaded on the SEBI Website. The Noticee could collect the SCN from the office of the respective AO and it was also stated that the reply of the Noticee should reach the office of the AO within 14 days of the date of publication of the SCN. The Noticee did not submit any reply to the SCN nor appeared before the AO for the personal hearing. The Noticee also did not enter into any correspondence in this regard.
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