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ASIC uncovers investment scam

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... business, following an investigation that resulted in 37 investors losing approximately $680,000. The Supreme Court of Queensland has made declarations against West Trade Group, West Trade Cars, West Two and its directors Tiffany Lea O'Donnell, Russell ...

ASIC charges against new wave of boiler room scams

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... up following an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to the Supreme Court of Queensland. ASIC alleged Golden Sparrow, GS Contracting and Michelle Margaret Bruhn operated an unlicensed and fraudulent financial services ...

ASIC seeks interim orders against Equititrust

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... sought interim orders against Equititrust Limited for two of its managed investment schemes from the Supreme Court of Queensland while the regulator considers its actions after a suspected breach in licence. The Australian Securities and Investments ...

ASIC targets MIS operators

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... fire for managing an unregistered managed investment scheme. ASIC has obtained interim orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland in relation to Global Rule (Global Rule) and its directors, Meywes and Hansen. ASIC alleged that Hansen and Meywes, through ...

Trinity files $1m lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... matter," said Trinity chair Brett Heading late last month. Today, the group has filed a claim with the Supreme Court of Queensland where it alleged "the $1 million payment was made by mistake in that no valid and binding agreement was in place between ...

ASIC cracks down on MIS scammer

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... investors, including self-managed super funds. On 29 July 2009, ASIC obtained interim orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland appointing Michael McCann and Graham Killer of Grant Thornton as receivers over specified property of James Kentwell Lovell. ...

ASIC blocks $2m Storm bonus

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... administration. ASIC said it is "concerned" there is no proper basis for the payment and requested the Supreme Court of Queensland to intervene and have the funds returned to Storm Financial. The court order stops the couple and the firm Emmanuel Cassimatis ...

ASIC closes Risqy Forex scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane to close an illegal managed investment scheme involving $14.5 million being operated by unregistered New Zealand-based Risqy ...

Cairns planner jailed for fraud

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... on November 1 2009. The case dates back to September 2002, when ASIC obtained interim orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland in Cairns to appoint an interim receiver to an unregistered, managed investment scheme, operating as Drury Management in Malanda ...

Stringent orders for winding up of Sovereign fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Supreme court of Queensland has denied an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) application for an independent liquidator to be appointed to wind up the Sovereign Prudential Fund. Sovereign Capital, the responsible entity of the ...