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CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... "The AFP commends the prompt actions of CSIRO in identifying this criminal conduct and swiftly reporting it for investigation," AFP commander of cybercrime operations Chris Goldsmith said. "This man's activities diverted these supercomputer resources ...

Grow Super founder pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... the time the bets were placed. Two more Grow employees stepped aside in relation to the incident as an internal investigation into the matter was conducted. IOOF, which is a minority shareholder in Grow Super with a director on the board, said at the ...

Former analyst gets three year sentence

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... to his sentence after he entered an early guilty plea in February and cooperated with ASIC in its still-ongoing investigation into the company by providing documents and interviewing with the regulator. Over one and a half years (18 July 2016 and 10 ...

ASIC reinforces power to obtain documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... documents in response to an ASIC notice issued to it. Maxi EFX is a forex/derivatives trader subject to an ongoing investigation into suspected contraventions of the ASIC Act 2001 and the Corporations Act 2001. Maxi EFX failed to produce certain documents ...

Super fund boss remuneration on the agenda

KARREN VERGARA, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... Our job has also been to assist the government in relation to its early release scheme payments...," he said. An investigation by News Corp found Elia was the highest paid chief executive last financial year, earning $1.19 million. He is followed by ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
A woman who has multiple sclerosis (MS) is fighting to have CommInsure recognise her condition, calling into question the various definitions life insurers use. ClaimRight founder William Johns was assisting a client with MS in accessing the insurance ...

ASIC bans crypto scammer

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... conduct. New South Wales based John Louis Anthony Bigatton has copped the banning; with the regulator noting its investigation was still ongoing. Between august 2017 and January 2018, Bigatton served as the Australian national representative of online ...

QBE chief exits after workplace complaint

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... the now departed Pat Regan had come from a female employee, with the insurance giant's board launching an external investigation just a day after the complaint was made. The spokesperson would not reveal the nature of the conduct, in a bid to protect ...

Former adviser faces fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... million. Brett Andrew Gordon faced Maroochydore Magistrates Court over the fraud charges following an extensive ASIC investigation. Gordon was previously the director of Refocus Financial Group and Diverse Capital Management. In July 2018, the Supreme ...

Law firm summarises report AMP won't release

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... the firm acting for AMP sexual harassment victim Julia Szlakowski, has released a summary of the findings of AMP's investigation into the matter - which AMP said it would release but hasn't. Despite announcing to the ASX two weeks ago that AMP would ...