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Investment fraud accomplice charged

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... Chris Marco has been charged with 34 counts of enabling or aiding fraud. Linda Marissen appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court after it was alleged that she helped Marco defraud more than $29.5 million from six investors. In July last year, Marco had ...

Former AMP adviser pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... due to be sentenced. David Fong, who operated Fong Financial Planners, pleaded guilty on March 24 at the Perth Magistrates Court. Fong Financial Planners intentionally failed to disclose all relevant information relating to the personal circumstances ...

ASIC charges former investment company executives

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... after ASIC's investigation. Elderfield's prosecution is scheduled for further mention in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on June 16. McAuliffe's prosecution will have a further mention on March 17, as ordered by the court.

Advice group convicted of hawking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... other things, didn't accurately disclose fees incurred. Following on from that, on Monday the Southport Magistrates Court convicted the firm after it pleaded guilty to one count of breaching anti-hawking laws. It was alleged that between August 2019 ...

Financial Circle director convicted, fined

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... of managing a corporation and fined $6000. Joshua David Fuoco pleaded guilty to the charges in the Melbourne Magistrates Court. The charge arose from an ASIC investigation that found Fuoco was involved in the running of Financial Circle from August 2017 ...

Former financial adviser pleads guilty

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... financial adviser John Wertheimer pleaded guilty to charges surrounding unauthorised client transactions in Perth Magistrates Court. Wertheimer pleaded guilty to one charge of providing a financial service on behalf of a person who carries on a financial ...

Unlicensed forex trader extradited from Poland

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
Unlicensed foreign exchange trader Daniel Farook Ali has faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with eight counts of fraud, after being extradited from Poland and arrested following an ASIC investigation. The corporate regulator alleges that between ...

Fraud charges laid over unlicensed scheme

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... unlicensed investment scheme boss Chris Marco has been charged with 50 counts of fraud and is due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Friday. The charges follow ASIC's investigation which alleged that, between July 2013 and October 2018, Marco defrauded ...

Former adviser charged over faked books

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
... prosecuted, Nguyen faces a maximum of two years' imprisonment. The matter is to be heard before the Adelaide Magistrates Court in August.

Border rule-breaking former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... benefit by fraud in contravention of the Criminal Code WA. Babbage was sentenced to 10 months jail by the Perth Magistrates Court. At the time, ASIC confirmed to Financial Standard that it was aware of Babbage's conduct and was considering the issues ...