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US pension fund to settle suit for $930m

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... the CalPERS Board of Administration, the UnitedHealth Group Board of Directors, and the court. The United States District Court for Minnesota will evaluate the proposed terms and determine whether the settlement will be approved.

Adviser goes to jail for $1.5m fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... According to ASIC, Pisano will serve a minimum of two years and eight months. Pisano, 47, pleaded guilty in the Perth District Court on 22 May 2008 to eight counts of fraud to the value of approximately $1,537,735. ASIC alleged Pisano defrauded investors ...

$500k fraudster gets jail time

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... notified ASIC of the breach and has repurchased the shares sold by Sellers at a cost of more than $492,000. The District Court also made a reparation order requiring Sellers to repay Taylor Collison $492,183.67. The amount it spent repurchasing the shares ...

Adviser gets community service

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... service for giving unlawful advice. Mohammad Zareei of Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, was sentenced by the Sydney District Court to 250 hours community service following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into ...

Broker caught after $30m insurance scam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... London. However, ASIC alleges Weston had not obtained those insurance policies. Weston will reappear at Sydney's District Court for sentencing on June 6 this year.

Adviser charged on $48k theft

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... and sell contract notes that were provided to an investor. The matter has been adjourned for sentencing in the District Court on 11 April 2008.

Doja faces jail time

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... adviser Tunde Doja was last Friday sentenced to a minimum of three years and eight months imprisonment in the Sydney District Court following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) into Progressive Investment ...

Cairns planner jailed for fraud

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... eight years jail after pleading guilty to 14 fraud charges involving almost $1 million of client money. The Cairns District Court sentenced the man, Piet Cornelius Walters, on October 30, after he pleaded guilty to dishonestly obtaining loans totaling ...

Adviser jailed for five and a half years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
... of thousands of dollars of client money. Shane Hoy was sentenced to five and a half years jail by the Brisbane District Court after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation into his company, B G Investments, which is currently ...

Mezzanine finance conman hits Hillsong Church investors

... liquidation. Nearly all of the investors have lost their money. Orehek will be arraigned on Friday 13 October 2006 in the District Court of New South Wales. Michelle Baltazar