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Wolf of Wall Street can't put a price on value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... qualities of ambition and hard work." Belfort now works with the US Government, the US Attorney and the Australian Federal Police, helping to spot fraud. "It was the guy who prosecuted me that invited me back and he was like, this is a first!"

Ex Macq manager restrained from departure

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... between 2006 and 2007. On 1 March, De Silva attempted to leave Australia from Perth but was stopped by the Australian Federal Police. On 8 March De Silva pleaded guilty to a charge of being in contempt of the court's ex parte orders and his sentence ...

Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... "At the time this occurred, the matter was disclosed to governing and regulatory bodies including the Australian Federal Police, the Ministers of Finance and Administration, the Auditor General, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and ASIC. ...

ASIC power boost could trigger witch-hunts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... Singh's comments pertain particularly to proposals allowing ASIC to tap phone recordings collected by the Australian Federal Police under a court-issued warrant. "The rules must be made clear for everyone. Giving investigative powers... just for the ...

Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... changed. Some of the recommendations include developing a central national investigative authority like the Australian Federal Police where superannuation fraud information can be collated and dealt with on a single platform. Using tax file numbers as ...

AUSTRAC to probe anti-money laundering breaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... as an alternative to pursuing criminal prosecution or referring the government body's concerns to the Australian Federal Police and/or the Director of Public Prosecutions.

ASIC comes down on financial services fraud

... people to deal in financial products and carrying on an unlicensed financial services business. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have also stepped in, charging McKim with forgery and using forged documents. After it was clear that McKim was under ...

CSS fraudsters appear in court

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2005
... client, who has leukaemia, had been aware since March last year that he was under the scrutiny of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), and was not a flight risk. Moore granted bail to Roizman, Kurland and Kuris on sureties of $10,000. Fitzgerald was ...

Bradley Cooper to stand trial

A joint ASIC and Australian Federal Police investigation has resulted in the Sydney Local Court committing Bradley Cooper to stand trial on six charges of corruptly providing a cash benefit t influence an agent of HIH Insurance (HIH) and seven charges ...

Super fraud thwarted

... fraud, Channel Nine's Sunday program reported yesterday. JP Morgan Chase, the fund custodian, and the Australian Federal Police confirmed an attempt was made on Christmas eve 2003, to fraudulently move $US112 million from the accounts of CSS to various ...