sebi:WTM/ASB/WRO/WRO/26044/2023-24

SEBI · SEBI · 2022-12-02 · Ashwani Bhatia, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Violation found; refund of fees and 3-year securities market debarment directed

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12(1)
• s. 12

Regulations

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

Parties

• Dheeraj Kapoor

Holding

The Whole Time Member held that Dheeraj Kapoor held himself out and acted as an unregistered investment adviser in violation of Section 12(1) of the SEBI Act read with Regulation 3(1) of the Investment Advisers Regulations and directed refund of at least Rs.13,41,857.29 with a 3-year securities market debarment.

Full text

______________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of Wishworth Financial Services 2 / 16 appellant and remit the matter to the Whole Time Member (hereinafter referred to as ‘WTM’) to decide the matter afresh in accordance with law.

______________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of Wishworth Financial Services 3 / 16 vide an e–mail dated December 8, 2022, acknowledging receipt of the SCN but also stating that he had not received the earlier e–mail sent by SEBI on December 3, 2022. Further, the Noticee requested for an inspection of documents, which was acceded to by SEBI. The Noticee carried out the inspection of documents on December 15, 2022 at the SEBI Indore Local Office, wherein SEBI had provided him with the following documents:

______________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of Wishworth Financial Services 4 / 16

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