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Director charged with dishonest conduct

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
The Melbourne Magistrates Court has charged a man with seven counts of dishonest conduct following a referral from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In addition to the seven counts, Mudasir Mohammed Naseeruddin as also charged ...

Former Financial Circle director charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Former Financial Circle director Joshua Fuoco has been charged with managing a corporation whilst disqualified. Melbourne-based Fuoco was charged with four offences following an ASIC investigation. He was charged with three counts of managing a corporation ...

Former adviser faces fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
A former financial adviser based on the Sunshine Coast has been charged with 10 counts of fraud, totaling nearly $1 million. Brett Andrew Gordon faced Maroochydore Magistrates Court over the fraud charges following an extensive ASIC investigation. Gordon ...

AFP charges early release scammers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
The Australian Federal Police have charged three people with allegedly submitting false claims to gain early access to superannuation under the new COVID-19 measures. AFP Taskforce Iris has charged seven people in total with submitting false early release ...

Pershing convicted for client breaches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... must be paid into a client money account and AFS licence holders can only make payments out of a client money account. Magistrate Atkinson said it was Pershing's responsibility to ensure that there were systems in place that reflected what was required ...

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
A controversial promotion at mining giant Rio Tinto has demonstrated how even the biggest of super funds hold very little sway when it comes to engaging with companies they invest in. Peter Toth, formerly chief executive of OM Holdings, was promoted ...

Former AMP, Synchron adviser charged

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
A former AMP and Synchron financial adviser has been brought before the courts for allegedly using the retirement savings of clients to fund his own lifestyle. Townsville's Anthony Vivian Dick has been charged with 11 counts of dishonestly applying ...

Superannuation scammer to face court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
The South Australian Police has arrested an SMSF investment manager who will today face the court with charges for 69 counts of deceptions. The 33-year-old man from Hills was arrested by police on Wednesday following a cybercrime investigation. It is ...

ACCC immunity deal questioned by court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... compromised as the JPMorgan executives were shown notes about the ANZ sale by the investigators at the ACCC. Presiding magistrate Jennifer Giles labelled the prosecution's case as "completely opaque" in terms of the timeline of events and how Galvin ...

CommInsure cops $700k hawking fine

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... regime effective from March 2019, the maximum total penalty would have been $10,962,000. In handing down her sentence, Magistrate Atkinson of Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court said there was a "significant need for deterrence" and added those who ...