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Former Sydney liquidator faces charges she misappropriated $240,000
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-07-15 6:02 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A former Sydney liquidator has been charged with dishonesty offences and faces possible jail time after allegedly misappropriating almost $240,000 from company bank accounts.

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Guy Sebastian’s former manager Titus Day arrested for alleged $1.15M fraud
White Collar 2020-07-01 10:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Police have arrested Titus Day, the former manager of pop star Guy Sebastian, over allegations he duped the singer out of $1.15 million over seven years.

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Société Générale Australia pleads guilty to client money offences
Financial Services 2020-07-01 2:05 pm By Alison Eveleigh

An Australian arm of French banking powerhouse Société Générale has pleaded guilty to client money offences, after it reported to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission that it had deposited client money into unauthorised bank accounts.

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Ex-Quantum Resources CEO charged with insider trading
White Collar 2020-06-23 5:46 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The former company director and CEO of gold exploration company Quantum Resources has been charged with insider trading.

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Witness in ex-Quintis director’s trial must give evidence in person, judge says
White Collar 2020-06-23 5:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In a defeat to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, a judge has found a key witness in the trial against former Quintis director Frank Wilson must give evidence in person, delaying the hearing indefinitely until coronavirus-related travel restrictions are lifted.

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Employers guilty of wage theft face 10 years in jail under new law
Employment 2020-06-17 5:37 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Victorian Labor Government has successfully passed a landmark bill which makes the failure to properly pay workers a criminal offence punishable by up to 10 years in prison for guilty business owners.

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Ex-CFO hit with market manipulation charges
White Collar 2020-06-11 3:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The former chief financial officer of delisted traditional therapy clinic company Traditional Therapy Clinics has been charged with multiple counts of market manipulation and fraud for engaging in share transactions designed to create an artificial price for the company’s share price.

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Banned financial advisor Sam Henderson charged over master’s degree claims
Financial Services 2020-06-10 9:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former celebrity advisor Sam Henderson, who was slapped with a three-year financial services ban last year after his appearance at the banking royal commission, has been charged with multiple dishonesty offences.

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High Court won’t hear Melco’s challenge to doc production order in Crown inquiry
Securities 2020-06-10 2:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hong Kong-based casino group Melco Resorts has lost an application for special leave to the High Court to weigh in on a ruling that a NSW public inquiry into James Packer’s Crown Resorts had the power of a royal commission and could order privileged documents to be handed over.

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Former Sirtex boss released on good behaviour bond after insider trading conviction
White Collar 2020-06-04 9:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former CEO and director of biotech company Sirtex Medical was sentenced Thursday to 18 months’ imprisonment for insider trading but was released immediately on a three-year good behaviour bond.

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