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Director to plead guilty for insider trading

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
A former director of Lion Selection has appeared in the Melbourne Magistrate's Court to face charges of insider trading - and has indicated to the court that he would plead guilty to the charge. John O'Reilly of Twickenham, London, appeared in the Melbourne ...

Broker swindled investor funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
A former mortgage broker has been charged with fraud after failing to invest $123,000 from a private investor. Adrian Camilleri, who used to work as a mortgage broker and director for Asset Finance Service, was found guilty yesterday on one count of ...

Insurance broker caught for fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
Consumers, be warned. ASIC has caught one insurance broker selling insurance products but not passing on the fees to the insurer, which meant his clients didn't get the appropriate insurance cover. Stolen premiums, dodgy insurance - Anthony John Ryan ...

Bonnie and Clyde team caught for fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
A couple from Victoria has admitted to committing SMSF fraud - with the husband pleading guilty to 12 charges including theft and conducting business without a financial services licence following an ASIC investigation. Shaun White of Montmorency, Victoria ...

Charged for no AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
ASIC has commenced proceedings against four former Queensland directors who dealt in financial products, including Westpoint promissory notes, without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). Barry William Silver, of Arundel, Robert Peers Button ...

Veljkovic caught for super crimes

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Melbourne man Karl Heinz Veljkovic has been sentenced to two and half years imprisonment in relation to the misuse of superannuation funds. The Court ordered that six months of the total sentence be served concurrently. Veljkovic, of Beaconsfield, Victoria ...

ASIC cracks down on Hafoka

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Sonatane Haitoni Hafoka of Shalvey, New South Wales, has faced the Downing Centre Local Court on charges of aiding and abetting the trustee of a dishonest self-managed super fund. Hafoka was brought by ASIC under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) ...

Advisers caught for market manipulation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Two former client advisers have been found guilty of market manipulation following ASIC investigations. According to a statement by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Rocco Musumeci and Richard John Wade were yesterday handed custodial ...

SMSF trustee fails sole purpose test

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
SMSF trustee Gerard Karl Little has been charged by ASIC for failing the sole purpose test after he obtained early access to funds and pocketed $685,000 in commissions. Little, of Castlecrag, New South Wales, appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court ...

Adviser goes to jail for $1.5m fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
Perth-based financial adviser Antonio Pisano of Maddington, was yesterday sentenced to four years and eight months imprisonment following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). According to ASIC, Pisano will ...