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Melissa Caddick’s son to keep half of sneaker collection in deal with receivers
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-11-13 3:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The receivers of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick’s estate have reached an agreement with her husband on a small pool of remaining assets in dispute that will see half of her teenaged son’s sneaker collection sold to repay defrauded investors.

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Ralan managing director pleads guilty to fraud over $251M loans
White Collar 2023-11-01 3:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The former managing director of property developer Ralan Group could face up to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to six fraud offences over loans the defunct corporate group took out to fund several projects in Sydney. 

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Firms linked to banned businessman face charges after ASIC probe
Financial Services 2023-10-30 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Charges have been laid against two financial services companies associated with investment promoter David Henty Sutton, who was slapped with a lifetime ban by the corporate regulator this year.

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Ex-CEO of stockbroker BBY charged with aiding fraud
Financial Services 2023-10-10 9:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The former CEO of collapsed Sydney stockbroking firm BBY Limited has been charged with two counts of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring fraud.

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ME Bank pleads guilty to misleading borrowers, says crime didn’t hurt anyone
Financial Services 2023-09-07 11:00 pm By Sam Matthews

Direct bank Members Equity has pleaded guilty to criminal charges over misleading representations to customers, but a judge has questioned the bank’s submissions in favour of a low penalty, noting it was only “happenstance” that a systems glitch didn’t lead to worse outcomes for customers.

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Receivers reach agreement with Melissa Caddick’s husband
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-09-06 11:53 pm By Sam Matthews

The receivers of Melissa Caddick’s estate have reached an in-principle agreement with the Sydney frauster’s husband and son in relation to the division of a small number of remaining assets.

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NAB class action seeks to bring ‘very serious’ new fraud allegations
Class Actions 2023-08-25 2:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NAB will fight a bid by a $78 million class action over the collapse of Walton Construction to add serious fraud allegations in the four-year-old case, which a judge said has been “mired in a procedural mess”.

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Man charged with insider trading ahead of $776M Westfarmers deal
White Collar 2023-08-24 9:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A man has been charged with trading in inside information in advance of Westfarmers’ $776 million acquisition of lithium company Kidman Resources in 2019.

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Pitcher Partners loses second bid to toss $127M Twigg family lawsuit
Professional Negligence 2023-08-23 3:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pitcher Partners has lost its appeal of a decision that refused to stay a lawsuit over the accounting firm’s alleged involvement in race car driver Max Twigg’s misappropriation of $127 million from his family. 

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Ex-G8 Education chair suffers another loss in challenge to ASIC examination
Corporate 2023-08-22 10:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Former G8 Education chair Jennifer Hutson has lost an appeal of a decision that found she was not unlawfully examined by the corporate regulator over the childcare company’s $162 million hostile takeover bid for Affinity Education Group.

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