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Insurers off hook over coverage for CIMIC Iraq bribery cases
Insurance 2022-07-27 2:02 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has slashed engineering services firm CIMIC Groupā€™s ten insurance claims in half, finding that the company failed to notify five insurers of a handwritten document dubbed the ā€œIraq file noteā€ in relation to its claims for coverage of costs arising from allegations it engaged in corrupt practices, including bribing Iraqi officials.

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Receivers get court OK to sell Melissa Caddickā€™s Dover Heights mansion
Financial Services 2022-07-25 1:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed receivers to sell the Dover Heights mansion of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick without any distribution of proceeds, saying the sale ā€œshould take place post-hasteā€.

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Pitcher Partners looks to shut down $128M Twigg family lawsuit
Professional Negligence 2022-07-22 8:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Accounting firm Pitcher Partners wants to shut down a lawsuit brought by the Twigg family alleging it helped race car driver Max Twigg misappropriate $127.8 million in family trust money for himself.

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SMBC sues Humm for $34M in worthless receivables linked to Forum Finance
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-07-21 9:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Japanese bank SMBC has brought a $33.6M lawsuit against fintech Humm Group after its subsidiary Flexirent allegedly misled the bank about receivables under allegedly forged contracts between a Forum Group entity and Veolia Environmental Services.

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Alleged Ponzi schemer Chris Marco charged with 50 fraud counts
White Collar 2022-07-20 9:27 am By Cindy Cameronne

Accused Ponzi schemer Chris Marco has been hit with criminal charges after an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission found he defrauded $36.5 million from nine investors.

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Epoch Capital accuses analyst of taking confidential info
Intellectual Property 2022-07-20 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Trading firm Epoch Capital has brought proceedings against a quantitative analyst who allegedly downloaded confidential information from the firmā€™s computers.

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BMW’s finance arm secures order against Forum Group for red Ferrari
Financial Services 2022-07-18 4:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The finance arm of luxury car maker BMW has been given the greenlight to repossess a red 2019 Ferrari 488 Pista Coupe purchased by alleged fraudster Bill Papas’ defunct Forum Group.

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Wrong plaintiff, wrong defendant: Payton Securities unit loses professional negligence case
Professional Negligence 2022-07-15 11:58 pm By Sam Matthews

Investment manager Payton Securities has lost a bid to recoup claimed losses over $1.4 million stemming from an allegedly negligent property valuation by Bertacco Ferrier, with a judge finding that the company had not retained the valuer and was not a party to the valuation.

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Former Sigma Healthcare exec gets 14 months for insider trading
White Collar 2022-06-27 9:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former Sigma Healthcare executive has been sentenced to a suspended term of 14 months’ in prison after pleading guilty to trading on insider information.

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Judge hits pause on ATO’s bid to sink Jan Cameron tax suit
Tax 2022-06-16 3:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has hit pause on the ATO’s application for summary judgment in proceedings launched by ex-Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron seeking declarations that a Carribean-based trust does not owe capital gains tax for selling shares in the baby food maker.

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