Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 291 - 300 of 343 results for "Crime"

Orion tightens compliance after rogue trader caught

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... director of Leyland Private Asset Management, said training, culture and good ethics remain the best preventions to the crime. "Rules are important but the ethics and the culture of the firm you work for... outweighs the impacts of rules. "Training is ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... of the case. But the "chickens" pleaded guilty. And so shall be punished. As far as I am concerned, that's that. Do the crime, serve the time! There have been rumours that Stern Hu et al pleaded guilty to avoid a harsher punishment from China's judicial ...

Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... a $150 million bank fraud case. According to reports from the Sydney Morning Herald, Jamieson Vincent, who belonged to a crime group linked with the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, pleaded guilty two days ago to money laundering on the first day of a four-week ...

Attack of the million-dollar virus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... 43 per cent of those surveyed ranked security as their top issue, ahead of natural disasters, terrorism and traditional crime. The scale of the problem is highlighted by Symantec's study, which found all of the 2,100 businesses surveyed across 27 countries ...

Standard Life fined $4m for bad marketing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... and not misleading" and customers have not been treated fairly," said Margaret Cole, director of enforcement and financial crime at FSA.

Westpoint exec faces court

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The former chief financial controller of the Westpoint Group of companies, Graeme Rundle, has appeared in court following two criminal charges brought by ASIC. Rundle, of Perth, Western Australia, appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court, Sydney ...

Financial Standard finalist in ACSI Media Award

... "Underbelly Inc." The article exposed weaknesses in Australia's corporate governance regime that were used by underworld crime figures to manipulate the stock market and seize control of legitimate businesses. "This award encourages good journalism and ...

Identity thieves target planner clients

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... other Australian businesses, are increasingly targeted by criminals looking to steal clients' personal details. According to Crime Stoppers Australia, Australian businesses are placing their customers and staff at risk of identity fraud through sloppy ...

Industrial espionage turns viral

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at online security firm F-Secure, said there have been cases overseas where organised crime would target certain finance professionals within a bank or a finance firm and spend weeks profiling those people. For ...

Veljkovic caught for super crimes

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Melbourne man Karl Heinz Veljkovic has been sentenced to two and half years imprisonment in relation to the misuse of superannuation funds. The Court ordered that six months of the total sentence be served concurrently. Veljkovic, of Beaconsfield, Victoria ...