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Super promoter faces trial

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
Queensland-based Richard Clayton Jackson Sharland, a promoter of a superannuation rollover scheme, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrate Court yesterday to stand trial on a date to be fixed on 22 charges laid by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

ASIC updates court on Westpoint progress

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
The Federal Court in Perth yesterday received an update from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on its investigations into the Westpoint collapse in support of ASIC's bid to extend the freezing of assets of key Westpoint figures. ...

Property developer owing over $14M to investors appears in court

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has brought 20 charges of breaching the Corporations Act against John Sage in the Melbourne Magistrates Court. The regulator alleges Sage provided prospective investors in the Victorian based ...

Unlicensed financial adviser caught out

An Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation has resulted in Donald Maxwell facing one charge of carrying on a financial services business without an Australian financial services license (AFSL). The regulator alleges Maxwell ...

Charges against HIH dep chair dismissed

The Local Court of NSW has ordered a criminal charge against former HIH Insurance deputy chairman Charles Abbott be dismissed. Abbott faced one charge of dishonestly misusing his position as a company director under the Corporations Act. ASIC had alleged ...

ASIC's 'Super Switching' campaign catches Tasmanian adviser

ASIC has begun action against a Tasmanian man following its 'Super Switching' campaign launched in December last year. The 'Super Switching' campaign was developed to monitor the advice and disclosure by advisers where advisers are required to write ...

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

Former financial adviser John Higgins has pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraudulently misappropriating clients' funds for his own use under the Crimes Act (NSW), and three counts of dishonest conduct in relation to a financial product or service while ...

Early release super scheme promoter to stand trial

The Southport Magistrates Court has committed Mark David to stand trial on 12 charges of fraud for his involvement in an illegal scheme that encouraged certain superannuation funds to release their members' entitlements early. The court decision follows ...

Managing director pleads guilty to fraud

Gregory Waring has pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to five charges under the Crimes Act and two charges under the Corporations Act relating to his conduct as managing director of Corrpro Australia (Corrpro). The Commonwealth director of ...