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Criminal charges in property investor collapse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The collapse of a property investment group, Members Alliance and Benchmark, has resulted in 72 criminal charges. Last week, Richard Marlborough, Colin MacVicar, David Domingo, Liam Young and John Ramsden appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged ...

Former adviser hit with criminal charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
After breaching his ASIC banning order, a former financial adviser is facing criminal charges. Lawrence Toledo, who is a former representative of Sentinel Private Wealth, has been charged with breaching a financial services banning order on three occasions ...

Conditional release for former Hillross adviser

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... to one count of making false documents and one count of using false documents under the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). The magistrate took into account Kourieh's remorse and cooperation with the investigation when handing down her decision in Parramatta ...

Fund manager hit with serious charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
The former managing director of Global Merces Funds Management, which is now in liquidation, has been slapped with criminal charges for dishonest conduct and providing dodgy information about the fund's affairs. The court determined that Holly Grofski ...

Former Apogee adviser charged with deception

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
Victorian-based Ahmed Saad appeared in court after being charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception for his role in an illegal retail superannuation scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges ...

ATO begins stimulus fraud convictions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has started cracking down on those who fraudulently accessed government stimulus measures in relation to COVID-19 with the first conviction. Raed Saleh was convicted in the Heidelberg Magistrates Court of three counts ...

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 ...