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Halifax auditor to cough up fines

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... Australia's audit sector, Robert James Evett and EC Audit (formerly Bentleys NSW Audit) have been convicted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. Evett and EC Audit will pay a fine of $10,000 and $40,000 respectively. The charges, which ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... in relation to its BOLR Policy and for making misleading statements. In July, the corporate regulator and Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions announced that AMP was not involved in any wrongdoing with respect to its fee-for-no-service conduct ...

No charges in AMP BOLR investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... fee-for-no-service conduct related to its Buyer of Last Resort Policy has wrapped up, with the regulator and Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions determining no charges should be brought. Under AMP's BOLR policy, when a financial adviser ...

Criminal charges filed against ME Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is pursuing criminal charges against ME Bank following an ASIC investigation. The regulator said the charges relate to contraventions of sections 12DB(1)(g) and 12GB(1) of the ASIC Act and sections 64(1) ...

Fund manager hit with serious charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... trustee for hire services, and custody and administration services between December 2012 and January 2020. The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, which pursued the matter thanks to a tip off from ASIC, investigated her conduct in November ...

Adviser faced with further dishonesty charges

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... were Aboriginal people, some being residents of remote communities. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has been adjourned to 18 June 2021 for further mention. If convicted, Goel faces a maximum penalty ...

ASIC pursues criminal charges in super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... superannuation space, confirming it has compiled two briefs of evidence in support of criminal charges with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and is undertaking more than 20 enforcement investigations. Addressing the AFR Business Summit ...

ASIC extends olive branch to inside traders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... immunity. ASIC says it can offer such individuals immunity from civil proceedings, while working with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecution (CDPP) on criminal immunity. This is for some contraventions of the Corporations Act. It has set up ...

Director charged with dishonest conduct

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... business without holding an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions with each offence carrying a maximum penalty of up to 15 years imprisonment. The matter was adjourned ...

ASIC charges BitConnect Australia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... banned Bigatton from providing financial services for seven years. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions after a referral from ASIC. Bigatton's wife has also made headlines after mysteriously disappearing ...