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 âmired in a procedural messâ.
A man has been charged with trading in inside information in advance of Westfarmers’ $776 million acquisition of lithium company Kidman Resources in 2019.
Pitcher Partners has lost its appeal of a decision that refused to stay a lawsuit over the accounting firmâs alleged involvement in race car driver Max Twiggâs misappropriation of $127 million from his family.Â
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.
The son of former ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston has been jailed for a minimum 10 years for his leading role in a $105 million tax evasion scheme.
Tax advisers and firms promoting tax avoidance could face penalties of up to $780 million, as part of a suite of reforms the government is calling âthe biggest crackdown on tax adviser misconduct in Australian historyâ.
Companies could be on the hook for higher penalties for foreign bribery and other white collar offences after a High Court majority on Wednesday found a $1.35 million bribery penalty imposed on engineering firm Jacobs Group was inadequate.
The judge overseeing the receivership of Melissa Caddickâs estate has pushed off a dispute about a collection of sneakers held by the deceased fraudsterâs teenaged son, including one pair that could be worth up to $12,000.
An investment manager has been arrested and charged with providing prospective investors with forged portfolio reports.
An appeals court has taken Pitcher Partners to task in its appeal seeking to throw out a lawsuit over the accounting firmâs alleged involvement in race car driver Max Twiggâs misappropriation of $127 million from his family.Â