sebi:WTM/GA/33/ISD/11/05
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Facts / Headnote
Minor penalty of suspension of certificate of registration for a period of one month imposed on M/s Kabu Investment Services
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 199
- Reg. 13(4)
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 5(1)
- Reg. 13(2)
- Reg. 6
- Reg. 17(1)
- Reg. 13(1)
- Reg. 13(1)(a)
- Reg. 17(1)(i)
Parties
- M/s Kabu Investment Services (INB 110252417), member Pune Stock Exchange
Holding
The broker M/s Kabu Investment Services was held to have violated KYC norms, due diligence requirements, Regulation 17(1)(i) of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub Brokers) Regulations, 1992, and provisions of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 1995 by executing trades for clients introduced by an HTL employee that created abnormally high volumes and a false market in the scrip of HTL. A minor penalty of suspension of certificate of registration for one month was imposed.
Full text
Page 2 of 12 2 The maximum rise in the price of the scrip took place between November 16, 1999 and March 31, 2000 when the price moved from Rs.275 to Rs.815/-. Thereafter the price fell to Rs. 640/- in September 25, 2000. Subsequently, the face value of the shares changed to Rs. 2/- and the price went up from a level of Rs. 123/- on September 26, 2000 to Rs.171/- during February 2001. The scrip continued to trade at around Rs. 150/- till September 14, 2001 and thereafter in the range of Rs. 170/- till January 2002.
Page 3 of 12 3 b) 1st April of 2001 to 31st December 2001 Name of the Broker Buy qty % to the total vol. at exchange Sell qty % to the total vol. at exchange Shoba Investments 75100 17.59 75100 17.59 Yatin Shah & Co. 60300 14.13 56100 13.14 Kabu Invest.Services 47500 11.13 47500 11.13 Trimty Invest. 41100 9.63 41100 9.63 Shrine Investments 37400 8.76 39700 9.30 Kanchan Investments 34500 8.08 32400 7.59 Sharad B Shah 28600 6.70 24900 5.83 Clever Investments 21300 4.99 21300 4.99 Chirag Investments 19600 4.59 16400 3.84 CR Kulkarni 16700 3.91 16300 3.82 Ramesh G Shah 12300 2.88 13000 3.05 PL Pushpalakshmi C&C 13200 3.09 13100 3.07 Jagannath Vinod Kumar 5300 1.24 6300 1.48 Total 412900 96.72 401400 94.45
Page 4 of 12 4 set of brokers at PSE and BgSE including the said broker were involved in creation of abnormally high volumes, circular trading, price manipulation and false markets thereby contravening the provisions of SEBI Act and regulations including SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992. Investigation brought out the role played by these brokers including the said broker in price rise during the period of investigation through a phalanx of clients introduced by the itinerant and trusted employees of HTL. It was also alleged that the broker failed to observe the ‘Know Your Client’ norms.
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