SEBI slaps Rs 70 lakh fine on Regency Hospital, directors
They were found violating norms pertaining to fraudulent and unfair trade practices
Market regulator SEBI has slapped a total penalty of Rs 70 lakh on Uttar Pradesh-based Regency Hospital as well as its two promoters for fraudulent trading in the company's shares.
In two separate orders issued on Friday, SEBI imposed fine of Rs 15 lakh on Regency Hospital, and Rs 25 lakh each on Managing Director Atul Kapoor and Whole Time Director Rashmi Kapoor.
They were found violating norms pertaining to fraudulent and unfair trade practices. Both are also promoters of the firm.
Additionally, Rs 5 lakh was imposed on Regency for failing to disclose to the exchange about information received from its promoters regarding their pledged securities.
The watchdog examined the movement of the scrip during the period from April to September 2011. Subsequently, it was found that the firm and the directors along with other connected entities executed synchronized trades, reversal trades, and self-trades among themselves, resulting in artificial volumes.
"Notice employed and induced the services of the connected entities to trade among themselves to show an appearance of volume in the market by also executing structured, synchronized, reversal and self-trades to show artificial volume.
"This was also coupled with the impact on traded prices by executing first trades for the day so as to set the price for the trading day, contributing the price rise in the scrip," the regulator said. The notices are Regency Hospital and the two directors.
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