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Troika to Withstand 2nd Spamming
Analytical reports allegedly elaborated by Troika Dialog were e-mailed to stock market players shortly before May 9 holiday. The recommendation of the reports as if provided by some Aton analyst was to buy stocks of Tomsk Energy Sales Company. Despite the clearly fictitious nature of the advice, it managed to drive up the company’s quotes by 15 percent.
On May 7 and 8, the stock market players were receiving e-mails from an address very closely resembling the address of Troika Dialog. The earnest recommendation of e-mails was to acquire stocks of Tomsk Energy Sales Company. Curiously enough, the buying advice was given not by Troika Dialog analyst but by Steven Dashevsky from Aton. Dashevsky allegedly forecasted the stocks to surge 76 percent, as RAO UES of Russia would attempt to buy the majority stake in Tomsk Energy Sales Co. at May 10 auction and had appropriated $15 million to the effect.
Troika Dialog has denied it e-mailed the report and said the information provided via it was inadequate. The company has initiated a probe in the wake of the accident, as it is the second false spam delivered on behalf of Troika Dialog.
Aton analyst Steven Dashevsky couldn’t be reached yesterday. According to Aton Corporate Communication Director Vladislav Vershinin, Dashevsky has never commented on the reports of any other capital companies. In RAO UES, they said no auction involving Tomsk Energy Sales Co. would be held on May 10 and that RAU UES owned 52 percent in that firm already.
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of May 10, 2007
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