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Former adviser jailed for nine years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Former financial adviser Gavin Fineff has been sentenced to nine years in prison after a court determined he defrauded 12 clients $3.36 million. Fineff, who was working as a representative for Sentinel Wealth when the crimes took place, defrauded clients ...

High Court rejects Mayfair 101 plea

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Mayfair 101's James Mawhinney has seen his High Court appeal rejected, allowing ASIC's case against him to be retried in the Federal Court. In October 2022, the Full Federal Court ordered a retrial after it found ASIC's original case against Mawhinney ...

Finfluencer barred from running online advice business

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
The Federal Court has said Tyson Scholz, otherwise known as ASX Wolf, cannot continue his online business, with permanent injunctions placed on the finfluencer. Late last year, the Court found Scholz had contravened s911A of the Corporations Act by ...

Startup founder charged for defrauding JPMorgan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... However, JPMorgan filed to sue Javice in December 2022, having found about four million customer accounts were fake. In court documents, it was claimed Javice paid a data scientist to use "synthetic data" techniques to create a list of 4.265 million ...

Linchpin, Endeavour directors found guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
The Federal Court has determined that four current and former directors of the now defunct Linchpin Capital Group and Endeavour Securities breached their duties and didn't serve investors' best interests. The court found that, between 2015 and ...

US regulator sues crypto giant, chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... following claims of "willful evasion of US law." The CFTC announced it filed a civil enforcement action in the US District Court against Zhao and three entities that operate Binance. The complaint also includes Binance former chief compliance officer ...

Former AMP adviser pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... due to be sentenced. David Fong, who operated Fong Financial Planners, pleaded guilty on March 24 at the Perth Magistrates Court. Fong Financial Planners intentionally failed to disclose all relevant information relating to the personal circumstances ...

BT to wind up Retirement Wrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... account numbers, features and functionality, she added. Asgard Independence Plan Division Two was the subject of Federal Court proceedings brought by ASIC over insurance premiums that were charged to close to 10,000 members, through to 2020. The issue ...

Former director charged with fraud

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
... eight counts of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception. Mark McCabe appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court last week to receive the penalties. It was alleged by ASIC that, between January 2015 and April 2021, McCabe deceitfully ...

E&P Investments hunts new RE

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... rejected by E&P. In its recent half-year financial report, E&P Financial Group noted that preparations are underway for court-ordered mediation between E&P and Shine Lawyers in the class action brought against it and former executives Alan Dixon and ...