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Property guru Sasha Hopkins converted investor funds into crypto assets, ASIC says
ASIC 2022-06-08 3:05 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released details of its allegations against embattled property developer Sasha Hopkins, who is the subject of several freezing orders won by the regulator earlier this month.

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ASIC wins guilty plea from investor who posted about ‘fun and games’ of market manipulation
ASIC 2022-06-07 4:44 pm By Harry Thomas Melbourne

A Melbourne investor who posted in an online forum that a pump and dump scheme was all part of the “fun and games and cat and mouse of the stock market” has pleaded guilty to market manipulation.

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ASIC sues online lender Sunshine Loans over ‘prohibited’ fees
Article 2022-06-07 12:53 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sued Queensland-based Sunshine Loans for allegedly charging over $320,000 in prohibited fees.

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Property developer Sasha Hopkins to face ASIC grilling
ASIC 2022-06-03 5:13 pm By Sam Matthews

Embattled property developer Sasha Hopkins will face a compulsory examination by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over the activities of his company A Team Property Group.

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‘High prices, worse service’: Optus CEO lashes proposed TPG-Telstra deal
ACCC 2022-06-01 10:19 pm By Harry Thomas Sydney

The CEO of Optus has come out swinging against a proposed 10-year agreement between TPG and Telstra to share mobile network infrastructure and spectrum in parts of regional Australia, warning it would harm consumers.

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Roof tiling companies to cop penalty in ACCC cartel case
ACCC 2022-05-31 9:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Two Sydney roof tiling businesses have made admissions in civil penalty proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleging they rigged bids for construction at the University of Sydney.

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Van Eyk Research ex-CEO pleads guilty to dishonesty
ASIC 2022-05-31 9:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A former CEO of defunct investment research firm van Eyk has admitted to breaching his duties by using his position as director of a subsidiary to dishonestly retain control of the company.

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Sacking of ANU professor who went skinny dipping with student not unfair, FWC says
Education 2022-05-31 3:20 pm By Sam Matthews

The Fair Work Commission has overturned a finding that an Australian National University professor was unfairly fired over a 30-minute “intimate” beach encounter with a student, saying the student was unfairly cast as an “embittered seductress.”

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ACCC swipes at Mastercard for alleged interchange rate agreement with retailers
ACCC 2022-05-30 1:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The ACCC has taken Mastercard to court for allegedly misusing its market power by giving major retailers discounted interchange rates in exchange for them agreeing to process their debit card transactions through Mastercard instead of the cheaper eftpos network.

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ANZ wrongly slapped customers with cash advance fees, ASIC claims
ANZ 2022-05-30 11:17 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group hit hundreds of thousands of customers with cash advance fees after providing them with incorrect account balances, and the Big Four bank has still not rectified the problem, ASIC alleges in new civil penalty proceedings.

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