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Sebi slaps 2,423-crore fine on PACL
Regulator Sebi on Thursday imposed Rs 2,423 crore fine on PACL Ltd and its four directors for illegal fund mobilisation through various schemes that were used by the group to garner over Rs 49,000 crore from the public across the country.
Company collected 49,100 cr through illegal schemes
New Delhi: Regulator Sebi on Thursday imposed Rs 2,423 crore fine on PACL Ltd and its four directors for illegal fund mobilisation through various schemes that were used by the group to garner over Rs 49,000 crore from the public across the country.
While the group, which had collected money in the name of real estate projects among other schemes, was asked by Sebi nearly three years ago to refund Rs 49,100 crore to the investors, the regulator has passed a fresh order to impose a monetary penalty for violation of Sebi's Prevention of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Regulations.
The refund process is being overseen by a Supreme Court- appointed committee, which has been able to collect ‘only a few hundred crores’, Sebi said, while noting that the case requires imposition of a much bigger penalty equivalent to three times of the illicit gains made by them.
However, "as the interest of investors is paramount", Sebi has decided to impose a monetary penalty equivalent to the profits made through the illegal mobilisation, the 47-page order said.
Sebi has asked PACL Ltd and its four directors - Tarlochan Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Subrata Bhattacharya - to ‘jointly and severally’ deposit the penalty amount within 45 days.
The group was found by Sebi to have collected Rs 49,100 crore through unregistered collective investment schemes in violation of rules over a period of 15 years.
