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JPMorgan says fintech was a fraud, closes business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
JPMorgan has shuttered the financial planning fintech it acquired in 2021 and is suing its founder, claiming most of its users were fake accounts created to inflate the business' value. In September 2021, JPMorgan Chase acquired Frank, a platform that ...

Adviser imprisoned for super fraud

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
Former Perth financial adviser Rahul Goel has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing over $35,000 from his clients' superannuation accounts. An ASIC investigation into Goel's misconduct found that between November 2018 and July 2019, the ...

OnePath Life sued over utmost good faith duties breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... customer the opportunity to respond and make proper inquiries into any explanation given by the customer before concluding that fraud has occurred. The insurer's duty is not just owed to whoever the insurer considers to be a perfect policyholder," ASIC ...

Former financial adviser charged with fraud

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
A former financial adviser has been convicted of fraud after using false documents to obtain a financial advantage. Ashley Grant Howard pleaded pleading guilty before the Downing Centre Local Court to two charges of using false documents to obtain a ...

Federal Budget is challenging: Economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... Insurance Agency has also increased by $385 million in 2023-24 and 380 additional staff will cost close to $160 million. Fraud and non-compliance will be addressed with $126.3 million in funding, while more than $30 million is being provided to support ...

Data sharing laws updated in response to Optus breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... be able to share identifiers to assist Commonwealth, and state and territory agencies, to detect and assist in preventing fraud. The proposed changes cover all APRA-regulated entities, excluding branches of foreign banks, and are designed to ensure that ...

ASIC bans Sterling & Freeman director

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
ASIC has banned Wayne Christopher Saman, the sole director of Sterling & Freeman Advisory for a period of five years. Saman was banned because an ASIC surveillance found he was involved in Sterling & Freeman's contravention of financial laws. Sterling ...

Unlicensed forex trader extradited from Poland

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
... Unlicensed foreign exchange trader Daniel Farook Ali has faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with eight counts of fraud, after being extradited from Poland and arrested following an ASIC investigation. The corporate regulator alleges that between ...

Aussies pay the price for early release of super: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... for payments while fund and administrator staff were impacted by lockdowns. Finally, ASFA said the data shows instances of fraud were relatively uncommon and no fund members were left out of pocket due to third-party fraud.

Advisers receive guidance on rights under FSCP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... instances may lead to a panel being convened. Situations in which ASIC must convene a panel include matters of insolvency, fraud, failure to approve a Statement of Advice, contraventions of financial services law, and refusal or failure to give effect ...