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Ex-CFO sentenced to jail time for market manipulation
White Collar 2021-05-18 8:57 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The former chief financial officer of delisted Traditional Therapy Clinics has been sentenced to one year and ten months in prison after pleading guilty to market manipulation charges relating to transactions intended to create an artificial share price for the traditional therapy clinic company.

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ASIC accuses Westpac of insider trading over Ausgrid privatisation
White Collar 2021-05-05 10:52 am By Miklos Bolza

Westpac has been accused by the corporate regulator of insider trading before the $16 billion privatisation of electricity provider Ausgrid.

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Forge liquidators can expand insider trading case against Clough, directors
Restructuring & Insolvency 2021-05-04 4:56 pm By Miklos Bolza

The liquidators of Forge Group have won court approval to expand their insider trading case against construction company Clough over the $187 million sale of its stake in the failed engineering and construction firm.

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ACCC to fight production of JPMorgan witness statements in ANZ cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-04-22 5:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge who vowed last year to move a criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement to trial “before we all retire” will soon weigh the ACCC’s claim for privilege over statements from JPMorgan witnesses it has been accused of pressuring during its investigation, two months after a different judge heard a still unresolved privilege fight in the long-running case.

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Fairfax settles defamation suit by vindicated ex-Leighton CFO Peter Gregg
Defamation 2021-04-07 4:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fairfax has settled long-running defamation proceedings brought by former Leighton Holdings CFO Peter Gregg over 11 articles that accused him of corruption, after he won an appeal last year overturning his conviction on related criminal charges.

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‘Nothing the Crown does will satisfy these nine accused’: Prosecution defends ANZ cartel indictment
White Collar 2021-04-01 9:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The prosecution in a criminal cartel case against several banks and high-ranking executives over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement has fought back against accusations that its indictment is “fundamentally flawed” and should be quashed.

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ASIC will ask to have Melissa Caddick charges dropped
White Collar 2021-03-29 4:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will seek to drop all charges which were the subject of an arrest warrant against accused fraudster Melissa Caddick, after her remains were found on the NSW South Coast in February.

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Corrs Chambers hired to assist royal commission into Crown Resorts
Crown Resorts 2021-03-29 3:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Corrs Chambers Westgarth will assist former Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein QC’s royal commission into whether Crown Melbourne is suitable to hold a casino licence in the state, and has kicked off by seeking documents from James Packer’s Consolidated Press Holdings.

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Remains of accused con artist Melissa Caddick found on NSW South Coast
Financial Services 2021-02-26 9:38 am By Christine Caulfield

Police have identified human remains found on a beach on the NSW South Coast as Sydney businesswoman Melissa Caddick, who has not been seen since November.

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Accused fraudster Melissa Caddick spent every cent of investors’ money, liquidator says
White Collar 2021-02-24 10:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

Missing Sydney businesswomen Melissa Caddick was “meticulous and systematic” in generating fake financial records but never made a single investment, pocketing tens of millions of dollars from unwitting family and friends, liquidators say.

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