sebi:VSS/AO-131/2009
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Facts / Headnote
Noticee held liable and penalty of Rs.5,00,000 imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 4(2)(a)
- Reg. 4(2)(e)
- Reg. 4(2)(g)
- Reg. 4(2)(b)
Parties
- M/s Shelter Agencies and Securities Private Limited
Holding
The Noticee violated regulations 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (e) and (g) of PFUTP and Clauses A(1) to (5) of the Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers by synchronized/circular/reversal trading in BSEL and MSL creating artificial volume and price manipulation, and was held liable for monetary penalty of Rs.4,50,000 under section 15HA and Rs.50,000 under section 15HB of the SEBI Act.
Full text
Page 2 of 28 2. The role of the brokers, sub-brokers and their clients who had traded in the scrips was scrutinized. It was observed during the investigation that certain entities had indulged in synchronization of deals/reversal trading/fictitious trading in such a manner that led to creation of artificial volume and impacted the price of the scrips. Hence, it was alleged that one of the brokers, namely, M/s Shelter Agencies and Securities Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘Noticee/Shelter’), who had traded on its proprietary account in the scrips of BSEL and MSL in NSE, created artificial volumes which led to manipulation in the price and consequently, violated the provisions of regulations 4(1), 4 (2) (a), (b), (e) and (g) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP”) and clauses A (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers as specified in Schedule II under Regulation 7 of SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub Brokers) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “Brokers Regulations”).
Page 3 of 28 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, HEARING AND REPLY 5. Show Cause Notice No.EAD-5/VSS/RS/151418/2009 dated January 21, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as “SCN”) was issued to the Noticee under rule 4(1) of the Rules to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held and penalty be not imposed under sections 15HA and 15 HB of SEBI Act for the alleged violation specified in the said SCN.
Page 4 of 28 Similarly individually with other brokers also, on few days only our trades got matched. Our total buy volume of 96,426 shares and sell volume of 1,02,962 shares reflected in the table against the gross trade of 36,35,121 shares (out of the total market volume of 57,45,308) alleged to be executed by the ‘group of Brokers’ involved in circular / reversal trading amongst themselves is very small.
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