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Melissa Caddick’s parents may face court battle over $2.6M Edgecliff property
Restructuring & Insolvency 2021-11-25 4:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

The parents of accused Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick may need to bring court proceedings to retain their $2.6 million Edgecliff home and recoup $1.2 million they gave to their daughter for the mortgage.

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Melissa Caddick’s company wound up, with $23.5M owing to investors
Financial Services 2021-11-22 9:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has won its bid to wind up accused Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick’s company and appoint final receivers to realise her assets, paving the way for some repayment to the dozens of family and friends who invested with Caddick and are still owed $23.5 million.

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Mayfair’s James Mawhinney files complaints against ASIC lawyers
Financial Services 2021-11-19 3:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mayfair 101 director James Mawhinney is seeking disciplinary action against ASIC’s lawyers over a media release accusing him of breaching a 20-year ban on raising funds and which disclosed the regulator had asked a court to hold him in contempt.

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Former MP Craig Thomson arrested, charged with $2M visa fraud
White Collar 2021-11-17 3:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Labor MP Craig Thomson has been arrested and charged with reaping more than $2 million from facilitating more than 130 fraudulent visa applications.

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Ex-Healthe Care exec fined $10,000 for insider trading
White Collar 2021-11-17 12:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former executive of hospital operator Healthe Care has been sentenced and fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to one charge of insider trading for acquiring a large number of the company’s shares while in possession of inside information regarding plans to acquire a rival hospital operator.

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Top JPMorgan execs to face stand before trial after late ACCC disclosure
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-10 2:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

JPMorgan bigwigs who are key witnesses for the prosecution in its cartel case over ANZ’s botched share placement in 2015 will be questioned by Citibank and Deutsche ahead of trial.

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Ex-Quantum Resources CEO sentenced for insider trading
White Collar 2021-11-09 3:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Quantum Resources CEO and director Avrohom Kimelman has been sentenced after being convicted on charges of insider trading and conspiring to manipulate the market in shares of the company, now known as Nova Minerals.

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ACCC let JPMorgan lawyers review witness statement in cartel probe, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-04 10:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Lawyers for JPMorgan went to the ACCC’s office to review a draft statement of the investment bank’s then managing director Jeffrey Herbert-Smith, an immunity witness for the competition regulator in its troubled criminal cartel case over an ANZ share placement, a court has heard.

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Holders of Aussie cryptocurrency Qoin threaten class action
Financial Services 2021-11-02 8:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An issuer of Gold Coast-based cryptocurrency Qoin may be hit with a class action by investors claiming it is a “token of no utility”.

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Criminal cartel case dropped against ANZ, group treasurer over $2.5B share placement
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-10-29 9:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

In a major blow to the competition regulator’s high-profile price-fixing case over ANZ’s $2.5 billion capital raising, prosecutors have dropped all charges against the bank and its group treasurer, Rick Moscati.

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