sebi:WTM/AB/WRO/WRO/18254/2022-23
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Facts / Headnote
Held Noticees carried on unregistered portfolio management, offered assured/unrealistic returns and failed to segregate advisory and execution services; directed joint refund within three months with public notice, debarred Noticees No. 1, 2 and 3 from securities market for one year or till completion of refunds whichever is later, and imposed joint and several monetary penalty of Rs. 10 lakh.
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 19
- s. 12(1)
- s. 11B
- s. 12A
- s. 12
- s. 11
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
- s. 15F
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 2(1)(c)
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 15
- Reg. 2
- Reg. 22
- Reg. 3(a)
- Reg. 42
- Reg. 3(d)
- Reg. 4(2)(k)
- Reg. 15(9)
- Reg. 42(2)(a)
Parties
- 3M Team Research Pvt. Ltd.
- Rakesh Sethi
- Pramod Jain
Holding
The Noticees acted as unregistered portfolio managers and made fraudulent assured-return claims in violation of SEBI Act and PFUTP and IA Regulations, and Rakesh Sethi defrauded investors to open accounts with Arihant; SEBI ordered refund of Rs. 89.4 lakh collected, one-year market debarment, and Rs. 10 lakh joint and several penalty.
Full text
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