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Ex-Legacy Iron Ore managing director sentenced for $725,000 theft
ASIC 2023-02-13 9:52 pm By Sam Matthews

The founding director of Perth-based exploration company Legacy Iron Ore Limited has been hit with a suspended sentence of three years imprisonment for stealing over $720,000 from the company.

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ASIC slaps advisor with permanent ban after superannuation fraud
ASIC 2023-02-13 4:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has handed a permanent ban to a former financial advisor who pleaded guilty to taking $35,000 from his First Nations clients’ superannuation accounts.

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Crown, Star look set to admit non-compliance in AUSTRAC actions
Allens 2023-02-13 2:01 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has heard that casino giants Crown and Star are likely to reach agreement with AUSTRAC as to liability in proceedings alleging “widespread and serious non-compliance” with anti-money and counter terrorism laundering laws.

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‘Porsches, Lamborghinis and racehorses’: Court hears details of alleged $400M Forum Finance fraud
Catherine Hamilton-Jewell 2023-02-06 5:41 pm By Sam Matthews

Westpac has told a court that it is “inconceivable” that Forum Finance directors Bill Papas and Vince Tesoriero and funded their lavish lifestyles legitimately, as trial kicked off in the bank’s $400 million fraud case against the Forum companies.

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Forge Group defeats challenge to insider trading case over $187M sale
Anthony Willinge 2023-02-02 5:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Collapsed engineering firm Forge Group has defeated an appeal seeking to block its liquidators from bringing a case against engineering company Clough Limited for alleged insider trading during the 2013 sale of a $187 million stake in the company.

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PwC partner denies involvement in alleged $3.3M fraud scheme
Accounting 2023-02-02 2:12 pm By Sam Matthews

A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has hit back at a lawsuit over her alleged involvement in a $3.3 million scheme to defraud her husband’s employer, saying she believed payments into her account were made under a personal loan brokered by her husband from a “wealthy friend” in China.

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Ex-Vocus chairman Vaughan Bowen defeats insider trading charges
Technology 2022-12-23 2:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Insider trading charges against former Vocus chairman Vaughan Bowen have been discharged, fifteen months after they were brought.

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‘ASX Wolf’ trader’s Instagram account was unlicensed financial services biz, court rules
ASIC 2022-12-20 4:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Gold Coast ‘finfluencer’ Tyson Scholz provided illegal financial services by giving tips on his Instagram account and to customers who paid for access to his seminars and ‘Black Wolf Pit’ chat room, a judge has found.

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Courtenay House contractor pleads guilty over $180M Ponzi scheme
ASIC 2022-12-14 9:28 pm By Sam Matthews

A former contractor of investment management fund Courtenay House who received over $670,000 in commissions from investors has pleaded guilty to two criminal charges after an ASIC investigation revealed the company duped 585 investors in a $180 million Ponzi scheme.

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Former Statewide Super execs charged with dishonesty offences
ASIC 2022-12-12 2:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The former chief financial officer and chief risk officer of South Australian industry super fund Statewide Superannuation have been hit with criminal charges related to the procurement of services from financial services platform Cosight.

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