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Tarrant appeals AAT banning order

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... to ban him from providing financial services for seven years. Tarrant was sued by about 100 investors in the case of the Trio Capital fraud for ushering clients into the scheme. On January 8th, the AAT affirmed the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Trio victims condemn Astarra director jail release

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... former director Shawn Richard after two years and six months in prison. The organisation that represents the victims of the Trio Capital fraud have described the sentence as "light" and "pathetic." "A dole cheat in this country gets a heavier sentence ...

Former Trio director provides enforceable undertaking

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
A former director of Trio Capital, Kurt Groeneveld has provided the prudential regulator with an enforceable undertaking excluding him from acting as a superannuation trustee for three and a half years. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Victims push for new Trio fraud inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... have to wait until after the elections but said that there are mechanisms that can be used to further investigate the Trio fraud. Matters said that the case could be investigated if the High Court appointed a special purpose liquidator, by a ministerial ...

Aussie super, a tempting catch for organised crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... investment schemes established and promoted by organised crime," it said. "Organised crime involved in frauds such as the Trio Capital fraud has access to very specialised professional advisers who monitor changes in the environment, and develop strategies ...

Opposition challenges Labor to review Trio fraud

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... Superannuation Mathias Cormann has called on new Treasurer Chris Bowen to review the Gillard government's response to the Trio Capital scandal. Described as the "largest superannuation fraud in Australian history", the Trio theft saw more than 6,000 ...

Opposition and VOFF criticise response to Trio report

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... criticised the government's response to the reports by the Parliamentary Joint Committee and Richard St. John on the collapse of Trio Capital. Shadow minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann said the the government's reaction ...

VOFF slams MP response Trio Capital fraud

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) has criticised member for Thornsby Stephen Jones over his response to the Trio Capital fraud. Jones said in a WIN News interview on 11 February that he intends to present a Private Members Bill to Federal Parliament ...

Keep chasing architects of Trio collapse: Agencies

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
A joint parliamentary committee yesterday urged enforcement agencies to keep chasing the perpetrator of the Trio Capital Fraud. Some $176 million was lost or went missing following the collapse of Trio in late 2009 - the largest superannuation fraud ...

Trio Capital action group to put forward Federal Candidate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... politician Stephen Jones, as a result of the Gillard Government's alleged unfairness in awarding compensation in the wake of the Trio Capital Fraud. VOFF was formed in February last year and primarily represents victims of the Trio Capital fraud in the ...