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Senior ATO official tangled in $165m fraud scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... Taxation Office's most senior and long-serving officials is expected to be charged in relation to an Australian Federal Police investigation into an alleged $165 million tax evasion syndicate. Deputy tax commissioner Michael Cranston was issued with ...

ASIC employee faces court

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... has faced Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court faced with two charges following an investigation by the Australian Federal Police. Mahmoud Daher was charged with unauthorised access to restricted data contrary to subsection 478.1(1) of the Criminal Code ...

ASX chief announces immediate resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... departure. Funke Kupper, who has been ASX chief executive since October 2011, is currently involved in an Australian Federal Police investigation into allegations of bribery at Tabcorp in 2009 (when he was chief executive of the company). Specifically ...

PROFILE: EISS chief executive Alex Hutchison

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... of an industry superannuation fund? While studying law Hutchison decided to pursue a career with the Australian Federal Police. He worked across various roles, from general uniformed duties in Canberra to plain clothes policing working on major drugs ...

Hockey launches Serious Financial Crime Taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... will include several government bodies: the Australian Taxation Office, Australian Crime Commission, Australian Federal Police, Attorney-General's Department, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

NAB and ABS employees arrested for insider trading fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... follow a joint investigation of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Officials from both institutions told the media that the two would have obtained about $7 million while trading on foreign ...

Better ASIC-AFP relationship could lead to more prosecutions

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... "inefficient" relationship between the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) was remedied, the Senate Economics Reference Committee has heard. ASIC officials admitted that there was scope for ...

ASIC concedes Trio ringleader investigation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... was calling on other bodies to assist in evidence gathering. This has proved unsuccessful. "ASIC, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and our overseas regulatory counterparts have sought to obtain extra evidence to establish that Mr Flader breached Australian ...

Senate to question ASIC over alleged RBA corruption

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... which to base its decision." The regulator added that "we have closely looked at the evidence from the Australian Federal Police's investigation and we have decided not to take further action." "As there are related prosecutions before the Court, we ...

Accountant gets 6 years jail for promoting tax avoidance scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... comprehensive focus on international tax evasion. Project Wickenby is a cooperative partnership between the ATO, Australian Federal Police, Australian Crime Commission, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Commonwealth Director ...