Bangkok, October 28, 2014 ? The SEC revealed that the Settlement Committee imposed a total fine of 2,074,121.25 baht on Sermkirt Kangsathein, Wichian Ursiripant and Pratheep Wongkulnit for manipulating share price of Permsin Steel Works Plc. (PERM).

With the referral from the Stock Exchange of Thailand on irregular trading of PERM shares by a group of persons, the SEC probed into the case and found that on January 7, 2013, Sermkirt, Wichian and Pratheep had colluded to trade PERM shares through their own securities trading accounts. They continuously traded PERM shares in the manner that inflated the share price and matched the trading orders within the group in concealment. This caused PERM shares trading to be inconsistent with the normal market condition to mislead and lure the public into the trading. 

The actions of Sermkirt, Wichian and Pratheep were in violation of Sections 243(1) in conjunction with 244 and 243(2) of the Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535 (1992) in conjunction with Section 83 of the Penal Code. As they all agreed to enter into the settlement procedure, the Settlement Committee imposed a fine of 1,074,121.25 baht on Sermkirt and a fine of 500,000 baht on Wichian and Pratheep each.