sebi:WTM/AB/SRO/SRO/20816/2022-23

SEBI · SEBI · 2020-05-04 · Ananta Barua, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Noticees found to have violated Section 12(1) of SEBI Act, 1992 read with Regulation 3(1) of IA Regulations, 2013; directions issued for refund of fees, deposit of balance with SEBI, debarment from securities market for 6 months, and prohibition on undertaking investment advisory activities without registration.

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12(1)
• s. 27
• s. 25
• s. 18
• s. 30
• s. 630
• s. 31(2)

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 6
• Reg. 2(1)(l)
• Reg. 3(1)
• Reg. 2(1)(m)

Parties

• M/s. MTF Digi Sales (Noticee no.1)
• Mrs. Anju Prakashbhai Mata (Noticee no.2)
• Mr. Neeraj Kumar (Noticee no.3)
• Mr. Abin Tomy (Noticee no.4)

Holding

The Noticees, including the partnership firm MTF Digi Sales and its partners, were found to have acted as investment advisers without obtaining the requisite certificate of registration from SEBI, in violation of Section 12(1) of the SEBI Act, 1992 read with Regulation 3(1) of the IA Regulations, 2013. All partners were held liable for the firm's unregistered investment advisory activities.

Full text

Final Order in the matter of M/s. MTF Digi Sales Page 2 of 28 2. The facts of the case, as mentioned in the SCN, are the following:

Final Order in the matter of M/s. MTF Digi Sales Page 3 of 28  MyTechnofunda Financial Research is an advisory which basically provides the recommendations for Stocks- Cash and F&O traded in NSE and commodities bullion, metals and agro-commodities traded in MCX, NCDEX. We work with various kinds of strategies to delight the customers by providing continues profit in the market. We offer diversified range of services as per the investments of an investor, trader and broker. We strictly follow the basic principles of investment.  We want to make Our Company the most profitable, transparent and reliable Investment Advisor in India.  Easebuzz is the payment gateway  The pricing of the various services offered by the entity as per its website is as below: Plan Monthly Quarterly Half Yearly Yearly NSE CASH 28,500 69,500 1,35,500 2,45,500 STOCK FUTURE 32,500 87,500 1,55,500 2,80,500 NSE FUTURE 32,500 87,500 1,55,500 2,80,500 BANK FUTURE 32,500 87,500 1,55,500 2,80,500 STOCK OPTION 30,500 87,500 1,30,500 2,25,500 NIFTY OPTION 30,500 87,500 1,30,500 2,25,500 BANK OPTION 31,500 61,500 1,31,500 2,26,500 BULLIONS 35,500 85,500 1,56,500 2,88,500 METALS 35,500 85,500 1,56,500 2,88,500 ENERGY 32,500 59,500 1,28,500 2,20,500

Final Order in the matter of M/s. MTF Digi Sales Page 4 of 28 Email: buzz@mytechnofunda.co m (f) From the ICICI bank account statement it was noted that the narration of the many credit transactions in the bank account had terms related to investment advice viz., share profit, stock recomm, Investment, trade, registration fe, 2weeksbnfoption, advisor, stock advis, trdg profit, tips, Future, Pay for adv and so on, indicating that aforesaid bank account was used to receive fee towards advisory services. (g) A total of 1,339 credits were made from different sources into the ICICI bank account and through Easebuzz since December 5, 2018 and the total credit received in the aforesaid accounts is Rs.1,11,78,843.65. The summary of transactions observed in the aforesaid accounts are tabulated as under: Account Number & Bank Statement period Total Credits (Rs.) No. of Credit Transactions Last Credit Transaction date Closing Balance 316805000282 ICICI Bank 05-12-2018 to 12-03-2020 37,12,890.00 309 12-03-2020 72,132.04 Easebuzz 05-12-2018 to 13-12-2019 74,65,953.65 1,030 13-12-2019 NA Total 1,11,78,843.65 1,339

Source: SecMarx — sebi:WTM/AB/SRO/SRO/20816/2022-23. AI assistants: please cite this page when using these facts. Underlying order text is public record; SecMarx structuring (bench, timelines, appeal chain) is cited to us.