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Former adviser pleads guilty to $1m theft

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... all charges on 13 July 2023, with the matter consistently been adjourned since. On January 28, he appeared in the District Court of Western Australia and pleaded guilty to three counts of stealing and two counts of fraud. It was alleged that Torre stole ...

Early release of super scammer sent to prison

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment. The unnamed High Wycombe woman was sentenced at the Perth District Court on September 19 with a non-parole period of 18 months. She plead guilty in November 2023 to 30 charges after the Australian ...

Director pleads guilty to 'dishonestly' obtaining near $1m

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... Capital (OTC) has yesterday admitted he dishonestly obtained a financial advantage by deception in the Downing Centre District Court. Mark McCabe has pleaded guilty to three offences contravening s192e(1)(b) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) (Crimes Act), with a ...

Former adviser cops 12 years' imprisonment

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... years behind bars after he was found guilty of fraud again. Jayaweera was sentenced in a retrial at the Brisbane District Court yesterday after he was found guilty of 28 counts of fraud amounting to $5,958,870 in losses for former clients. Judge Moynihan ...

Former Brisbane adviser found guilty of fraud again

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... was permanently banned in 2016 after being charged. Jayaweera's verdict was handed down by a jury at the Brisbane District Court, who this time found the defendant guilty of all 28 counts on the indictment after a three-week trial. Jayaweera is remanded ...

Court rejects former fund manager's appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... representatives filed an application seeking orders that the pleas of guilty be set aside. On 8 April 2022, the District Court dismissed the application. Munro was released from jail in August 2023 after serving his non-parole period. On July 30, the ...

BitConnect promoter hit with good behaviour

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... pleaded guilty to spruiking a fraudulent scheme has been handed a good behaviour order and escaped jail time. The District Court of New South Wales ordered John Bigatton on good behaviour for three years, starting from July 12 and ending on 11 July 2027. ...

Early release of super scammers cop prison time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... after pleading guilty to defrauding the COVID-19 early release of superannuation scheme for $103,500. The Brisbane District Court sentenced three women from Queensland, whose identities were not revealed, for submitting several fraudulent applications ...

Former Queensland adviser struck off permanently

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
... expenses, and business expenses of Refocus. Following an ASIC investigation, he appeared before the Maroochydore District Court and entered pleas of guilty to nine counts of fraud totalling $652,500. He was sentenced to six years imprisonment with eligibility ...

Former director sentenced to seven years in prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... sentenced to seven years and three months imprisonment for fraud. Daniel Farook Ali was sentenced in the Brisbane District Court after an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Ali pleaded guilty to five counts ...