1. Petrochemical Rongsheng and its affiliated management engaged in insider trading by borrowing investment from Saudi Aramco. 2. Four persons, including the secretary of the listed company and the deputy general manager of the affiliated company, were directly involved.3. By setting up ambushes in advance, those involved in insider trading made a total profit of more than 3.5 million yuan. 4. Their illegal gains were confiscated and fines of more than 11.2 million yuan were imposed.
CAIJINGSHO reported on August 16th (by Luo Yichen) that as a hot event in the petrochemical industry in 2023, a scandal of insider trading behind the Saudi Aramco's premium investment in Rongsheng Petrochemical (002493.SZ) has been exposed. Multiple management personnel from Rongsheng Petrochemical and its affiliated enterprises were involved, with some carrying out insider trading and making a total profit of more than 3.5 million yuan by buying low and selling high within a short time.
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It's worth noting that Quan Weiying, the secretary of the listed company, was an important part of the insider trading case. As an insider information insider, he had close contacts with his brother Quan Weijun and private equity investor Wang Xianpeng. The latter two used the accounts of their relatives to buy stocks in advance and made a profit by selling them quickly after the favorable announcements were made. Among them, Quan Weijun made about 1.32 million yuan, and Wang Xianpeng made more than 1.62 million yuan, becoming one of the main participants in this large-scale insider trading.
In addition, Zhou Wenli, as the manager of the fund management department of the Financial Management Center of Rongsheng Petrochemical Holding, directly participated in the payment communication meeting between Rongsheng Petrochemical Holding and Saudi Aramco. More than 20 days after the meeting, Zhou Wenli "scouted" and bought about 1.2 million yuan of stocks at a low point, and successfully made a profit of about 0.31 million yuan by selling them at a high point.
By comparison, the process by which Wu Miaoyin, the deputy head of the president's office of Rongsheng Petrochemical Holding, learned about the details of the transaction was more dramatic. Regulatory punishment information shows that she did not directly participate in the Saudi Aramco's investment transaction, but Li Shuirong sent her a "1201 Aramco Core Terms" via WeChat and asked her to print it. As a result, Wu Miaoyin also successfully learned insider information and used her account to buy stocks worth about 1.9 million yuan, with a book profit of about 0.32 million yuan.
After the China Securities Regulatory Commission's investigation and trial of this large-scale insider trading, those involved were fined over 11.2 million yuan in total for their illegal gains of more than 3.5 million yuan. As a private refining leader, Rongsheng Petrochemical has developed rapidly in recent years but has also repeatedly had negative news. Only in 2023-2024, the company received warning letters from the Zhejiang Securities Regulatory Bureau twice, involving problems such as non-standard trading business revenue recognition, non-standard accounting treatment, and inaccurate disclosure of performance forecasts for 2023.