sebi:QJA/MK/SRO/SRO/28902/2023-24
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Facts / Headnote
Violation established; refund of Rs.33,67,931.54, market debarment/restraint and monetary penalty of Rs.5,00,000 imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12(1)
- s. 11B
- s. 11
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
- s. 15F
- s. 15E
- s. 11B(2)
- s. 30(1)
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(a)
- Reg. 2(1)(l)
- Reg. 3(1)
Parties
- Mr. V. N. Aravind, Proprietor of Magic Mantra
Holding
The Noticee acted as an investment adviser without SEBI registration in violation of Section 12(1) of the SEBI Act read with regulation 3(1) of the IA Regulations, and was directed to refund Rs.33,67,931.54, debarred from the securities market for one year, and penalized Rs.5,00,000.
Full text
Order in respect of Mr. V. N. Aravind, Proprietor of Magic Mantra Page 2 of 17 noted that by collecting fees from the investors for Investment Advisory services, without having a certificate of registration from SEBI, Mr. V. N. Aravind was acting as an Investment Adviser, which is in violation of Section 12(1) of the SEBI Act and regulation 3(1) of the IA Regulations. I note from the record that during the course of the examination, twenty clients who had made payments using the Easebuzz payment gateway to the Noticee, were requested to provide the reasons for such payments and out of the twenty clients, three clients replied stating that the payments were made towards investment advisory.
Order in respect of Mr. V. N. Aravind, Proprietor of Magic Mantra Page 3 of 17 Establishments Act, 1961 on September 28, 2018 (Registration no. 34/163/S/0121/2018) and Mr. V. N. Aravind is the owner of the same. The nature of the business is mentioned as “Business advisory services”;
Order in respect of Mr. V. N. Aravind, Proprietor of Magic Mantra Page 4 of 17 Sl. No. Date Description Amount Collected in (₹) 22 07-03-2019 BIL/INFT/001658243756/registration/PROFIT MAG/ICIC 5000 23 08-03-2019 BIL/INFT/001658813275/Trade/Magicmantr/ICICI BANK 25000 24 19-03-2019 MMT/I MPS/907809350206/Registration fe/M K KUSHA /H 5000
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