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 coupleās lavish lifestyle, which included a $200,000 Porsche and extensive renovations to their Sydney home.
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.
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.
Former CEO of failed van Eyk Research has been sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment after admitting he breached his duties as director of a subsidiary to dishonestly retain control of the company.
A judge has thrown out proceedings brought by mining magnate Clive Palmer in which he alleged an abuse of process by prosecutors and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, finding that Palmerās suits were themselves a āmisuse of proceedings.ā
The former director of investment management fund Courtenay House has pleaded guilty to five criminal charges after an ASIC investigation revealed he duped 585 investors in a $180 million Ponzi scheme.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is targeting predatory lending, greenwashing and crypto-assets as rising interest rates cause consumers to turn to fringe sources of credit.
A prominent criminal lawyer has been charged with supplying millions of dollars in criminal proceeds as part of a $4.5 million money laundering scheme.
Hillsong Church has denied whistleblower allegations of extensive financial misconduct, claiming an employee was ānot correctā to accuse the megachurch of funnelling donations through US bank accounts to skirt Australian charity regulations.
The NSW gaming regulator has suspended the Star Entertainment Groupās casino license and handed it a $100 million fine after uncovering anti-money laundering breaches and āinherently deceptiveā misconduct.