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Federal Court quashes ANZ appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... joint managers took up were only 0.91% of the total shares on issue at the time. The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) also laid criminal charges against Rick Moscati, who was ANZ group treasurer at the 2015 capital raise. In 2022 ...

Court rejects former fund manager's appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... April 2022," ASIC said. "This was the sole basis advanced by Munro on appeal." The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions prosecuted this matter following ASIC's referral.

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... trading investigations and increase the number of criminal briefs it refers to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. "We will continue to invest in data and technology to hunt and detect all forms of market misconduct. As our financial landscape ...

Charges brought against ASX pump and dump group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... artificially inflate stock prices before selling them. They were referred to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions by ASIC in December 2022. ASIC alleges they formed a private group on messaging service Telegram to discuss and select penny ...

BitConnect promoter hit with good behaviour

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... for specific deterrence," Justice Newlinds said. The matter was prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions following ASIC's referral. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said: "Providing unlicensed financial advice denies Australian ...

Broken promises leave survivors in the lurch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... initially sentenced to 13 years in prison with a non-parole period of seven years; however, the Director of Public Prosecutions appealed, deeming the sentence "manifestly inadequate." Consequently, it was increased to 18 years, with a non-parole period ...

BitConnect promoter pleads guilty

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... and BCC. He will be sentenced on July 5, with the matter being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. The judge withdrew a related charge of operating an unregistered managed investment scheme after Bigatton pleaded guilty to ...

ASIC chief executive to depart

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... the regulator, effective June 1. ASIC chair Joe Longo accepted a request from the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) for ASIC chief executive Warren Day to join the CDPP on secondment as the director's executive officer. Day said he ...

Former Blockchain Global director confined to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... of the Corporations Act, potentially resulting in evidence being submitted to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. In particular, the regulator reported that during March 2018, Guo facilitated a withdrawal of over $333,000 from a Blockchain ...

Bragg calls for another Financial System Inquiry, critiques ASIC, APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... Australia is a haven for white collar criminals." Bragg highlighted that data from the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions showed a dramatic decline in the rate of prosecutions initiated from ASIC referrals, dropping from 75% in 2018 - the year ...