Bangkok, 21 November 2016 - The SEC has revoked the approval of eight securities investment consultants of {X1} Public Company Limited for committing frauds against the assets of mutual fund clients. In this regard, six of the offenders are banned for the maximum period of 10 years each, and the other two for five years each. In addition, three branch managers of the bank were penalized for misconduct related to the offences of the investment consultants. Following an inspection report of {X1},...

According to the complaints submitted by nine investors and SEC’s further investigation, it was found that during 13 July 2015 – 13 November 2018 Napasook , an LH securities investment consultant at the time, was committing wrongful acts against clients’ assets through misappropriation of their subscription money for mutual fund investment. In so doing, she fabricated and submitted false documents in order to lure the investors into believing that their subscription transactions had been e...

Following a TMB report on clients’ complaints and SEC’s further investigation, it was found that during 27 July 2015 – 5 June 2017 Nuchanart (1) withdrew money from her clients’ bank accounts without using the money to buy investment units as per the clients’ orders, (2) bought investment units less than the amount ordered, (3) misappropriated her clients’ money by depositing it into her own account or the accounts of other parties involved as well as depositing certain amounts back into t...

Following the investor’s complaint and SEC’s further investigation, it was found that on 11 October 2018 during the trading hours of the Derivatives Exchange, a client of {A} sent an order to close the position of derivatives contract with SET50 underlying at-the-open (ATO) price as soon as the trading session began.* However, since the client sent the order after the trading had already begun, {A} could not execute the ATO order in time and decided to execute the order at the market price...

Following a report from Maybank Kim Eng and SEC’s further investigation, it was found that from the month of May to 5 October 2016, Pusit, who was the company’s executive at the time, had taken important information and business secrets of the company without approval. He later resigned from the company.  SEC has considered that Pusit failed to perform duties with loyalty* and therefore suspended approval for him as capital market business personnel for four years, starting from 29 Januar...

According to AIA’s inspection report and SEC’s further investigation, it was found that Sorrapon received the unit-linked life insurance premium from the client but did not forward the premium money to the company as originally intended by the client. Instead, he used the money for his own benefit. As a result, the client’s life insurance policy became ineffective and the client suffered damage at the amount of 20,000 baht.   SEC has considered that Sorrapon failed to perform duties with...

Following the complaints of two clients and SEC’s further investigation, it was found that {A} had made trading decisions without investors’ orders, while {B} and {C} had accepted trading orders from persons who were not the owners of the accounts or were not authorized in writing by the investors. Their acts caused damage to the clients during February – November 2018.The misconduct of the investment consultants above was deemed failure to perform duties with responsibility and deliberat...

According to Bangkok Bank’s complaint report and SEC’s further investigation, it was found that during 22 September 2017 – 24 February 2018, {A}, then a securities investment consultant at the bank, committed wrongful acts against the investor’s assets by using the investor’s subscription money for mutual fund investments for her own interest without executing the subscription transactions as originally intended by the investor. In so doing, she made and sent false documents to the invest...

Following an AIA report on clients’ complaints and SEC’s further investigation, it was found that Chalermwut had misappropriated the money received from two clients to pay for their annual premium of unit-linked insurance policies. He did not deliver the money to the company and spent the money for his own interest instead. As a result, the clients’ insurance policies and the protection coverage lapsed.  Chalermwut’s wrongful acts against investors’ assets were liable to failure to perform...

According to the complaint handling report submitted by TMB and SEC’s further investigation, it was found that during August – September 2017, {D} and {A} jointly sold funds to a client. {D} forged the client’s investment suitability test and ordered {B} to open a fund account under the client’s name as well as withdraw 1 million baht from the client’s savings account to buy such funds. {A} assured his colleague that it was the client’s decision. Therefore, the transaction had been execute...