Financial crime victims fume at Shipton, Crennan

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BY ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020 12:17PM

The Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) group have written to senators slamming ASIC chair James Shipton for ignoring their requests for help but finding "time to submerge his own head in the trough allegedly at taxpayer expense".

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