sebi:RA/CB/381/2018

SEBI · SEBI · 2018-01-12 · Rachna Anand, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of Rs 8,00,000 imposed

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 15F

Regulations

• Reg. 26

Parties

• M/s Dani Shares and Stocks Pvt Limited

Holding

The Noticee misutilised its clients' funds and securities in violation of SEBI Circulars dated November 18, 1993 and April 17, 2008, attracting monetary penalty under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act read with Regulation 26 of the Stock Brokers Regulations, and a penalty of Rs 8,00,000 was imposed upon the Noticee.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of M/s Dani Shares and Stocks Pvt Limited Page 2 of 18 read with Rule 3 of the SEBI (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter be referred to as the “Adjudication Rules”) to inquire into and adjudge under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act read with Regulation 26 of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-Brokers) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter be referred to as, the “Stock Brokers Regulations”).

Adjudication Order in the matter of M/s Dani Shares and Stocks Pvt Limited Page 3 of 18 exchanges (i) exchanges (“B”) 02/04/2012 263,089,852 34,983,821 16,626,016 62,771,752 80,000,000 159,397,768 (103,692,084) 01/06/2012 178,366,572 2,513,566 16,826,016 61,626,482 80,000,000 158,452,498 (19,914,074) 27/12/2012 201,582,771 8,404,183 40,561,016 61,626,482 80,000,000 182,187,498 (19,395,273) 04/04/2013 184,274,941 9,648,278 31,311,016 69,126,482 80,000,000 180,437,498 (3,837,443) 10/05/2013 183,095,644 3,963,160 34,211,016 69,126,482 80,000,000 183,337,498 241,854 03/06/2013 189,251,744 4,449,172 35,052,016 71,626,482 80,000,000 186,678,498 (2,573,246) 27/08/2013 242,772,478 14,846,084 40,588,881 61,626,482 80,000,000 182,215,363 (60,557,115) 19/11/2013 161,828,905 422,530 18,988,881 51,626,482 80,000,000 150,615,363 (11,213,542) 02/12/2014 197,106,707 3,606,870 21,307,458 86,000,000 90,000,000 197,307,458 200,751 05/01/2015 189,352,456 4,843,644 23,511,458 86,000,000 90,000,000 199,511,458 10,159,002

Adjudication Order in the matter of M/s Dani Shares and Stocks Pvt Limited Page 4 of 18 SMD/SED/CIR/93/23321 dated November 18, 1993. The details of such transactions were enclosed as Annexure 5 along with the SCN. iii. Further, it was revealed that securities were transferred from client beneficiary account numbers 1203610000000060 and 1203610000000250 to the beneficiary account of the Noticee. Statement for the aforesaid transactions was enclosed herewith as Annexure 6 along with the SCN. iv. It was also observed in the inspection that the securities taken into own account of the Noticee were further transferred through inter-depository to the pool account of the Noticee, maintained with Axis Bank or to the account of IL&FS Securities Services Ltd. Thus, it was alleged that the Noticee used the securities received from its clients for its own purposes, i.e. selling in market, transferring to other accounts etc. c. From the aforesaid, it was alleged that the Noticee misutilized the collaterals of its clients for purposes other than those mentioned in the SEBI Circular No. SMD/SED/CIR/93/23321 dated November 18, 2013 and SEBI Circular No. MRD/DoP/SE/Cir-11/2008 dated April 17, 2008.

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