sebi:VSS/AO-154/2009
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Facts / Headnote
Violation held established for MSL but not for BSEL; no monetary penalty imposed; case disposed of
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15J
- s. 15I
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
Parties
- M/s Inventure Growth and Securities Limited
Holding
The allegation of violation of PFUTP and Brokers Regulations against Inventure for trades in MSL on BSE stands established, while the allegation for trades in BSEL does not stand established, and no monetary penalty is imposed.
Full text
Page 2 of 20 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 Inventure Growth and Securities Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘Noticee/Inventure’), who had traded on behalf of one of its clients, namely, Sparc Pesticides Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘Sparc’), in the scrips of BSEL and MSL in BSE, created artificial volumes which led to manipulation in the price and consequently, violated the provisions of regulations 4(1), 4 (2) (a), (b), (e), (g) and (n) 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 20 to inquire into and adjudge the alleged violations of provisions of PFUTP and Brokers Regulations. SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, HEARING AND REPLY
Page 4 of 20 k) Of the 100 days of scrutiny for MSL, our client has traded 8 days on NSE and 26 days on BSE. l) The clients volume as compared to the Exchange volume is only 2.89% for BSEL and 1.25% for MSL. m) The client has transacted on the Exchanges only on the days when there was liquidity in the market. n) The client has not transacted on many days on which the volumes were high and as a result it can not be said that the client generated volumes in the market. o) We only have one leg of the transactions i.e. the counter party to the transactions is never known to us and as a result there was no means that we could have identified the trend as mentioned in your letter. p) The client was punctual in making payments and deliveries to us and there was no reason for us to suspect the nature of transactions of the client.
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