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ATO considering tax haven reprieve

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014

Accountant gets 6 years jail for promoting tax avoidance scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... successfully brought forward by Project Wickenby, a cross-agency Government taskforce fighting against tax evasion, avoidance and crime. Ewan Stoddart, 48, was sentenced on 20 September 2013 to 13 counts of aiding and abetting the commission of fraud ...

Gunns chairman avoids jail for insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... for five years. Gay is the most senior executive to be convicted of insider trading in Australia and pleaded guilty to the crime earlier this month. He was convicted on the basis that he ought to have known the information was inside information, not ...

Pro bono advice on rise amid regulatory change

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... currently addressing the case of a single woman with breast cancer who has four children and a partner in jail for a serious crime. "We are looking at everything, from lost super to life insurance, counseling for children, her will and the budget," he ...

Aussie super, a tempting catch for organised crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... from opportunistic individuals, Australia's large superannuation assets estimated at $1.3 trillion are attracting organised crime, the Australian Crime Commission report Organised Crime in Australia 2013 found. The Commission revealed that organised ...

ATO to clamp down on multinationals and trusts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... (ATO) will increase it audits and risk reviews on multinational companies and trusts as part of a strategy to combat tax crime and profit shifting to overseas havens. The ATO has released it Compliance in focus program, informing the business community ...

Former consultant sentenced for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... $15,000 on the other charge. Lindskog was also ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty order of $25,613 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The sentence came after Lindskog pleaded guilty to the four counts of insider trading following an ASIC investigation. ...

ASIC slaps biggest fine ever

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... tricking them into thinking they would get rich quick with no risk of losing their money. Meanwhile, last week Australian Crime Commission executive director David Lacey warned that Australia's criminal intelligence agency was seeing an alarming increase ...

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... criminal intelligence agency, the ACC is witnessing an increasing number of the illegal operations, with many organised crime rings - formerly involved in drug trafficking - now targeting investors, as the profits were better and there was less chance ...

Keep chasing architects of Trio collapse: Agencies

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... committee on Thursday pleaded with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), the Federal Police and the Crime Commission to continue their inquiries into the fraud, AAP reported. The committee also commended ASIC for helping reach a ...