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Ten days or less to act on requests: ASFA

... shuoldn't impact on a 10 day response time. "Thanks to the level of checks and procedures we currently have, attempts at fraud have been intercepted by super funds. The recommendations in the best practice paper seek to build on those procedures, at ...

Money For Living promoters face court on fraud

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
... Promoters of the disgraced equity release scheme Money For Living appeared in court on Friday facing numerous charges of fraud. Brothers Stephen O'Neill and Gary O'Neill, were charged after ASIC investigations found they had committed fraud through their ...

Fraudsters rob super funds for petrol

Two former directors have been called on to answer fraud charges following an ASIC investigation which alleged they funnelled super monies into their own petrol station businesses. The alleged offenders were Karl Heinz Hermann Veljkovic and Barry John ...

FPA and ASIC warn consumers to defend against fraudsters

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has warned Australians to check that their adviser is licensed, while the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a free e-newsletter to arm investors with information about fraudulent ...

Unisys and Centricom launch enhanced secure online transaction system

... into the banks' own security protocols. It allows the consumer to by-pass credit cards and so eliminate a major area of fraud risk that has plagued internet financial transactions. With more and wealth managers launching online front-ends for insurance ...

Machiavellian Macville gets prison term

... planner and adviser from Queensland was sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment after being found guilty of six fraud charges. Robert Pierre Macville funnelled client funds of around $470,000 into his own private company Macville & Gibson Holdings ...

Australians will pay for ID fraud protection: Unisys

... Australian consumers are willing to pay higher fees or switch banks if that means they can avoid becoming the victims of ID fraud. Global IT services group Unisys commissioned a research firm to conduct telephone surveys of nearly 6,500 people around ...

Stop speculating and get back to capitalism: Bogle

... system. Speaking of the excessive surge in CEO remuneration and fraudulent accounting systems used to support corporate fraud, he said that where investors should be outraged, the problem is that "they just don't care anymore." Bogle called on the industry ...

ASIC chairman talks about governance and er, bullfrogs

... at a legal conference in Melbourne yesterday, ASIC chairman Jeff Lucy drew on a bullfrogs analogy to talk about financial fraud and corporate governance. Lucy said the recent spate of corporate collapses in the country such as HIH, Clifford Corporation ...

ASIC comes down on financial services fraud

... financial services business, Pegasus Leveraged Options Group, has been sentenced to eight years jail after being found guilty of fraud worth $2.2 million to fund a personal gambling habit. Craig John McKim pleaded guilty to seven charges under the Crimes ...