A criminal case against a former financial adviser from Macquarie accused of trading in derivatives without a client’s authority has been dismissed.
A former director of collapsed Melbourne derivatives broker Berndale Capital Securities has pleaded guilty to offences connected to his misuse of company funds.
A former JPMorgan executive has pleaded guilty to fraud for allegedly misappropriating nearly $1 million from clients of his defunct companies.
A managing associate at Allens who specialises in regulatory investigations and financial crime is joining the Corrs Chambers Westgarth partnership as a member of its investigations and inquiries practice group.
A property developer has been ordered to pay $11.2 million to the liquidators of Plutus Payroll after a judge found he helped an employee of the defunct payroll services company “wash” money he blackmailed from the companyâs directors.
A former financial advisor at the now-defunct Growth Plus Financial Group has been convicted on 28 counts of fraud and jailed for 12 years for defrauding clients of $6 million, in conduct a judge described as “evil” and “systematic”.
The CDPP has complained about being brought back to court âagain and againâ to deal with Clive Palmerâs complaints about a compulsory examination by ASIC, as the corporate regulator seeks to have his case challenging the lawfulness of the seven year-old examination thrown out as an abuse of process.Â
A former manager of BBY has been handed a two and half year sentence after pleading guilty to criminal charges following the stockbroking firm’s collapse.Â
Former top silk Norman O’Bryan will face court this month on charges following civil findings he engaged in a fraudulent scheme as senior counsel for the Banksia Securities class action.
The Queensland Court of Appeal has knocked back a challenge by jailed investment guru Dr Roger Munro to his conviction on three counts of fraud, which landed him a four-and-a-half month prison sentence.