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Jail, rather than fines, needed for corporate crime, says lawyer

... CPA annual meeting of finance and accounting professionals in Adelaide that prominent business people guilty of serious fraud should be sent to jail. "The recent successful civil prosecution of John Elliott for insolvent trading by the Australian Securities ...

ASIC annual report highlights record enforcement action

... outlined ASIC's enforcement outcomes for 2002-03, and said that there had been new records set with 29 criminals jailed for fraud, criminal breach of duties and insider trading, and $506 million in funds protected, compensation orders or assets frozen ...

ASIC made record enforcements in 2003-4: report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2003
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), said it achieved record "enforcement outcomes", including 29 criminals jailed for fraud, criminal breach of duties and insider trading. This made a total of 73 jail terms served over the past three years ...

Former Tasmanian director sentenced to three years jail

... years imprisonment subject to a recognizance release order to take effect after 18 months, ASIC has reported. Six charges of fraud were made against Mark Anthony Johnstone of Tamworth, NSW, following an investigation by the Australian Securities and ...

Victorian insurance agent gets permanent ban: ASIC

... after ASIC found that Mr William Keith Grant, of Glen Iris, had previously been convicted of criminal charges involving fraud and dishonesty. Between 1986 and 1996, Mr Grant acted as an agent for a number of insurance companies. In March 2001, Mr Grant ...

ATO fraud jailed four years

... he committed many offences over a long period of time and recruited other people - some of them ATO officers - into the fraud. But Judge Berman took account of Wagstaff's guilty plea and his promise to help authorities prosecute others involved in the ...

Tasmanian adviser faces 110 ASIC charges

... Act, the Corporations Act and the Tasmanian Criminal Code, following a joint investigation by ASIC and the Tasmania Police Fraud Investigation Services. Mr Mitchell did not enter a plea and was bailed to appear again on 11 November 2003.

ASIC deals out permanent ban to Brisbane financial planner

... his former employer, Partnership Planning (part of the ING Group). Mr Baigent was subsequently charged with four counts of fraud under the Queensland Criminal Code, relating to his conduct between the period July 2001 and June 2002. Mr Baigent pleaded ...

New ASFA paper to help reduce super fraud risk

With over $500 billion in assets, superannuation funds could pose an attractive target for would-be perpetrators of fraud. A new Best Practice paper just released by the Association for Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) aims to help trustees ...

Macquarie executive calls for mortgage industry regulation

... estate executive wants the entire mortgage industry to be as regulated as the banks, to combat the mounting potential for fraud. Bill Moss, head of Macquarie's Banking & Property Group, said mortgage fraud in Australia represented an estimated 13 per ...