A jury has reportedly handed down guilty verdicts against three individuals for their alleged involvement in a $105 million tax fraud scheme involving payroll services company Plutus Payroll, including the son of a former commissioner of the Australian Taxation Office.
Two former executives of investment fund Benjamin Hornigold Limited have been charged with offences related to $3.8 million in payments.
Casino giant Crown has admitted to a “significant number” of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism breaches in a case brought by AUSTRAC.
A third individual has been hit with criminal charges in relation to collapsed investment management fund Courtenay House, which ASIC alleges was run as a $180 million Ponzi scheme.
A mortgage broker has lost his challenge to a tribunal’s decision to uphold a lifelong ban by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Melbourne man Joshua Fuoco has been fined $6,000 and convicted for managing the now defunct consumer lender Financial Circle while disqualified.
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.
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.
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.
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.