sebi:SD/AO/64/2009
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty imposed on the Noticee for contravention of PFUTP Regulations, 2003
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
Parties
- Shri Umesh Choukekar
Holding
The Noticee, Shri Umesh Choukekar, violated Regulations 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (e) and (g) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by engaging in synchronized and structured trades with connected entities that created a misleading appearance of trading and artificial volumes in the scrip of MCL, and is liable for a monetary penalty of Rs. 15,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.
Full text
Page 2 of 18 trades or association through companies of which the individuals are directors. There are 42 such entities who are allegedly involved in the manipulation of the scrip of MCL, out of which 33 entities were allegedly found to be connected to each other. These entities who transacted in the shares of MCL entered into synchronized and structured deals that led to creation of misleading appearance of trading in the scrip of MCL and artificial volumes in the scrip and distorted market equilibrium leading to sudden spurt in the volume and price of the scrip.
Page 3 of 18 7. The Noticee did not reply to the said SCN till date neither did he intimate the reasons for his inability to file the reply to the same.
Page 4 of 18 (a) indulging in an act which creates false or misleading appearance of trading in the securities market; (b) dealing in a security not intended to effect transfer of beneficial ownership but intended to operate only as a device to inflate, depress or cause fluctuations in the price of such security for wrongful gain or avoidance of loss; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (e) any act or omission amounting to manipulation of the price of security; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (g) entering into a transaction in securities without the intention of performing it or without intention of change of ownership of such security.
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