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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 ...

Two Wattle administrators given suspended sentence

... their involvement, including Geoffrey Dexter, the operator of the scheme. On 7 May 2001 Mr Dexter was convicted of multiple fraud charges and jailed for 10 years.

ASIC investigation yields yet another accused director

... director Karl Suleman today appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney and was committed to stand trial on four fraud charges arising from an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The charges relate to ...

Former Adelaide adviser joins Wattle Group guilty party

... generally 50% per annum. ASIC took action to close down the scheme, and on 7 May 2001, Mr Dexter was convicted of multiple fraud charges and jailed for 10 years. Mr Snook was remanded on continuing bail to appear in the Adelaide District Court for sentencing ...

Former CBA manager appears in court over $19 million stealing charge

... the bank. Kim David Faithfull of Karratha, made a brief appearance in Perth Magistrates Court after being charged by major fraud detectives late last night with one count of stealing as a servant. Magistrate Wayne Tarr outlined the charge that while ...

Victorian man pleads not guilty to fraud charges

Ian Thomas Paterson of Croydon, Victoria, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of fraud brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The charges, brought before the Hobart Magistrates Court, follow an investigation by ASIC ...

Senator Sherry highlights the need for action on the back of poor super stats

... for all, improve the regulation of fees, charges and commissions, and provide full compensation in the event of theft and fraud and corporate bankruptcy. The number of member accounts reached 25.5 million with nine million fund members - an average of ...

ASIC charges three Victorian men on 101 counts of deception, fraud

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced today that three Victorian men have been charged with a total of 101 charges of deception, false accounting and breach of duty. The commission has charged Michael Damianos, Joseph ...

US ruling approves US$750 million WorldCom settlement

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2003
... billion) settlement between WorldCom and market regulators regarding the bankrupt telecom giant's 11 billion dollar accounting fraud. "The court is convinced that the proposed settlement is not only fair and reasonable, but as good an outcome as anyone ...