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Broker guilty of managing lender Financial Circle while disqualified
ASIC 2023-02-20 3:08 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Melbourne man Joshua Fuoco has been fined $6,000 and convicted for managing the now defunct consumer lender Financial Circle while disqualified.

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GetSwift hit with $15M penalty in ASIC action over misleading announcements
ASIC 2023-02-16 3:39 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

GetSwift has been hit with a $15M penalty and several of its directors have been slapped with substantial penalties after the company was found to have misled shareholders in breach of the Corporations Act.

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ASIC to keep up scrutiny of crypto assets, greenwashing in 2023
ASIC 2023-02-15 5:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s has detailed its enforcement priorities for 2023, which include a continued focus on predatory lending, crypto-assets and greenwashing.

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Ex-Big Un CEO charged with insider trading after ASIC investigation
ASIC 2023-02-14 6:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The former CEO of Big Un Limited has been hit with criminal charges and could face up to ten years in prison after he allegedly communicated inside information about the failed video company. 

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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 Melbourne

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 Sydney

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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Star Entertainment hit with third shareholder class action
ASIC 2023-02-06 9:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Star Entertainment is facing a third shareholder class action alleging it failed to disclose material information about its compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulations, after being slapped with $200 million in fines by state gambling regulators.

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ASIC says James Mawhinney’s defamation case doesn’t clear ‘serious harm’ bar
Aaron Weinstock 2023-02-06 4:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hit back at a defamation suit by Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney over a media release, saying it doesn’t meet the new ‘serious harm’ threshold for defamation matters.

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‘High end of careless’: Wilsons Advisory pays $550,000 for market integrity rules breach
ASIC 2023-02-03 11:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Wilsons Advisory and Stockbroking has paid a $548,328 penalty after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission found its reported Trade With Price Improvement products did not offer price improvement.

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Ex-Nuix director wants class action shelved until ASIC case wraps up
ASIC 2023-02-02 4:12 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A former Nuix director has made a bid to stay a shareholder class action, which accuses the software company of failing to alert the market to red flags in the business, pending the outcome of separate proceedings by ASIC.

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