sebi:WTM/SR/EFD/DRA-2/116/06/2015

SEBI · SEBI · 2012-03-12 · S. Raman, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Show cause notice issued to Bhavesh Kothari disposed of without further directions

Provisions invoked

• s. 19

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 15
• Reg. 24
• Reg. 27
• Reg. 28(1)
• Reg. 200

Parties

• Bhavesh Kothari

Holding

The show cause notice issued to Bhavesh Kothari, partner of Money Magnet, recommending his debarment from being employed or associated with any registered intermediary for three years, was disposed of without further directions, in view of the fact that he had already been prohibited from dealing in securities for five years for the same violations.

Full text

Page 2 of 9 and they created artificial volumes in the said scrips by allegedly indulging into synchronized/structured/circular trades etc. Allegedly, a number of connected entities had traded in the abovementioned scrips through the trading terminal of Money Magnet. Further, it was also observed during the investigations that the above said connected entities, while acting in collusion with Money Magnet and other entities, were apparently interested in creating artificial volumes in the aforesaid scrips and in the process the orders placed by them also influenced the price of those scrips. It is alleged that the sub-broking activities of Money Magnet were controlled by Mr. Bhavesh Kothari, the partner of Money Magnet who used to decide the scrip, price, quantity, etc. on behalf of the said clients and this way a significant number of structured/synchronized trades were executed through the trading terminal of Money Magnet.

Page 3 of 9 its submissions regarding cancellation of its SEBI registration)". 7. The Designated Authority, upon consideration of the allegations leveled against Money Magnet, noted the following: i. The SEBI investigations, prima facie, revealed that a group of persons viz., Jitendra Jain, Usha Mehta, Sunil Kumar Mehta, Anjana Mehta , Renu Madhusudhan Paliwal, Rashmi R Gandhi, Ramesh Gandhi, Hemlata Ramesh Hankare, Manish Mathur, Seema Mathur, Ajay Roongta, Bharat Jain, Suresh Hanswal, Hasmukh Valchand Jain, Naresh V Rajawat, Pawanben Valchand Jain, Reeta Naresh Rajawat, Kunal Dileep Kothari, Sweta Bharat Kothari, Neela Khicha, Shobha Dilip Kothari, Kamlesh P Jain, Hitesh Mahendra Jain, Bhavesh Kothari, Namita Khischa, Vinay Kothari, Pradeep Kothari, Sitanshu Nanawati, Devendra Kumar Rai, Rakesh H Jain, Bhavesh Jain, Meena Rajawat, Shaikh Soalli Jainuddin, Alpesh R Shah, Anil Rajmal Shah, Praveen Gate are related /connected/linked to each other and they together form a group (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Mehta Group”).

Page 4 of 9 Scrip Client No. of Structured Trades (buy & sell) No. of Str Buy Orders No. of Str Sell Orders Gross Structured Trade Quantity (buy & sell) Gr Str Trd qty as % of Gross Mkt Vol Allcargo Anjana Mehta 6 5 1 500 0.0185 Hasmukh Valchand Jain 5 2 1 1500 0.0555 Hitesh Mahendra Jain 56 18 21 12000 0.4438 Kamlesh P Jain 22 6 6 5247 0.1941 Kunal Dileep Kothari 8 2 2 2600 0.0962 Naresh V Rajawat 11 4 2 3600 0.1331 Neela Khicha 12 5 3 3000 0.1110 Pawanben Valchand Jain 26 6 7 5422 0.2005 Reeta Naresh Rajawat 46 11 11 9880 0.3654 Shobha Dilip Kothari 4 1 1 902 0.0334 Sweta Bharat Kothari 12 2 4 3200 0.1184 Total 208 62 59 47851 1.7697 Asian Hasmukh Valchand Jain 9 4 1 1999 0.0304 Hitesh Mahendra Jain 22 6 5 3512 0.0534 Kamlesh P Jain 17 4 4 3200 0.0487 Kunal Dileep Kothari 16 3 5 4600 0.0700 Namita Khicha 4 1 1 1000 0.0152 Naresh V Rajawat 13 4 3 3200 0.0487 Neela Khicha 16 3 6 4900 0.0745 Pawanben Valchand Jain 35 10 8 6900 0.1050 Pradeep Kothari 5 2 1 1980 0.0301 Reeta Naresh Rajawat 14 4 3 3200 0.0487 Sweta Bharat Kothari 10 2 4 2598 0.0395 Vinay Kothari 15 7 1 5090 0.0774 Total 176 50 42 42179 0.6417 KSL Hasmukh Valchand Jain 6 2 1 5000 0.0652

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