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Former financial adviser guilty of fraud

Michael Smith has pleaded guilty in the District Court of South Australia to three counts of fraudulently converting clients' funds for his own or his company's use or benefit. The charges are the result of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Eight year gaol sentence for former financial adviser

The District Court of New South Wales has sentenced John Higgins to eight years gaol with a non-parole of five years after the former financial adviser was found to have misappropriated over $1.7 million of clients' funds. Higgins pleaded guilty in ...

Former financial adviser guilty of 18 criminal charges

... matter Higgins was prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, and has been committed to the District Court for sentencing on 17 March 2005.

Investment management company director gaoled for seven years

The Sydney District Court has sentenced Robert Walker to seven years' gaol with a non-parole period of four and a half years after he pleaded guilty to 21 counts of deception under the Crimes Act 1900. ASIC brought the charges against Walker that related ...

Man convicted over early release super scheme

The Queensland District Court has sentenced Timothy Barritt to four years imprisonment, to be released immediately on a $3,000 good behaviour bond for five years on two counts of providing false and misleading documents, and a 12 month gaol term to ...

ASIC appoints acting WA Regional Commissioner

... Commissioner for Western Australia (WA). This follows the appointment of Mr Michael Gething as Principal Registrar of the District Court of WA. Mr Dale-Jones is currently the Assistant Director of Financial Services Regulatory Compliance in WA, and has ...

Plan for world's biggest bank hits obstacle

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
... biggest bank ran into a major obstacle on Tuesday when a Tokyo court demanded the merger talks be scrapped. The Tokyo District Court decision to stop the merger talks between UFJ Holdings, Japan\'s fourth biggest banking group, and larger rival Mitsubishi ...

Former managing director of FOGI to stand trial

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
... He was committed on 21 counts of deception under the NSW Crimes Act and will stand trial later this year at the District Court in Sydney, but will first appear at the court on April 16 for arraignment, the investment watchdog said. ASIC alleges that ...

Calpers files suit against NYSE for fraud

... seven specialist trading firms for fraud, it has announced. "We have filed a multimillion-dollar law suit in the US District Court in the state of New York to recover losses caused by illegal trading practices on the New York Stock Exchange," said California ...

Another Wattle administrator convicted after ASIC investigation

... Coote, a former director of Brisbane-based The Fund Administrators Pty Ltd (TFA), has been sentenced in the Brisbane District Court in relation to charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Coote was convicted ...