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

Gold Coast ā€˜finfluencerā€™ Tyson Scholz provided illegal financial services by giving tips on his Instagram account and to customers who paid for access to his seminars and ā€˜Black Wolf Pitā€™ chat room, a judge has found.

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Courtenay House contractor pleads guilty over $180M Ponzi scheme
White Collar 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
White Collar 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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Buscopan cartel yields $2M penalty, landmark sentence for exec
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-29 4:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has hit Alkaloids of Australia with a nearly $2 million penalty for engaging in cartel conduct and sentenced its former export manager to a term of imprisonment for his involvement in fixing prices for a key chemical in anti-spasmodic drug Buscopan.

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Prosecutors lose challenge to time limit in criminal case against ME Bank
Financial Services 2022-11-29 3:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

Federal prosecutors pursuing a case against Members Equity have lost an appeal of a ruling that threw out half the charges against the direct bank as time barred, with an appeals court finding the ASIC Act imposes a hard deadline for bringing a criminal case of misleading or deceptive conduct.

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Directed Electronics wins suit over ‘reprehensible’ theft by ex-manager
Intellectual Property 2022-11-25 10:42 pm By Sam Matthews

Automotive electronics company Directed Electronics has largely prevailed in a five-year-old lawsuit alleging a former manager misappropriated company information and reaped $3.6 million in commissions through a secret side agreement with South Korean giant Hanhwa.

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Sports betting class action may drop remaining claims against lawyer
Class Actions 2022-11-25 5:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead applicant in a class action on behalf of investors who sank $12.3 million into an allegedly fraudulent sports betting scheme run by convicted conman Peter Foster may drop the case after a partner in the scheme filed for bankruptcy.

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PwC partner sued over alleged involvement in husband’s $3.3M fraud scheme
PwC 2022-11-22 10:02 pm By Sam Matthews

A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has been taken to court over her alleged involvement in a $3.3 million scheme to defraud her husband’s employer to bankroll the coupleā€™s lavish lifestyle, which included a $200,000 Porsche and extensive renovations to their Sydney home.

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High Court to weigh in on penalties for foreign bribery violations
High Court 2022-11-17 11:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to hear prosecutors’ appeal of a “manifestly inadequate” $1.35 million penalty against an engineering firm for bribing foreign officials in Vietnam to secure $10 million in infrastructure contracts.

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Ex-Tesla Australia director pleads guilty to insider trading
White Collar 2022-11-16 2:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former Tesla Motors Australia director has pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading for acquiring shares inĀ Piedmont Lithium based on insider information he had about an in-principle agreement the mining company had to supply lithium to Tesla.

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