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ASIC permanently bans jailed adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... authorised representative was terminated on 2 August 2016. As part of her sentence, Judge Dick of the Brisbane District Court ordered Whelan pay the organisation $33,419.11 in compensation. ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said: "Dishonesty by any financial ...

ASIC bans fraudulent adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... Madhoji was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of 22 months in the Brisbane District court on 55 charges of fraud under sections 408c of the Queensland Criminal Code.

ASIC hands down multiple bans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... financial services and engaging in client credit activities following multiple convictions of fraud in the Brisbane district court. Grevsmuhl was sentences to 13 and a half years imprisonment after setting up fake superannuation investments and defrauding ...

Former Wickham CEO pleads guilty to fraud

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... the regulator said 50-year-old Garth Robertson of Parrearra on the Sunshine Coast pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court to 10 counts of dishonestly obtaining property totalling $761,504 from Wickham Securities between December 2010 and November ...

Plan sponsors have fiduciary obligations: SCOTUS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... employees were concerned their 401(k) plan had too many expensive retail-style products in its menu. In 2010 the US District Court found in favour of the employees but the case was appealed and eventually found its way to the Supreme Court. While the ...

Ex-ANZ adviser sent to jail over $6m fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... 20 years. Melinda Scott will serve three years and ten months in jail before being eligible for parole, the NSW District Court ruled yesterday. Scott ran her own financial planning business, Roach Graham Scott, between January 1989 and December 2012. ...

Accountant pays $10,000 fine for $100,000 fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... $100,000 to the investor. The Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) brought the matter to the Perth District Court and Commissioner John Price said: "ASIC will ensure company directors who act fraudulently and seek to benefit personally ...

Finance broker pleads guilty to car scam identity theft

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... money to buy the cars. Following her court appearance, Shiraz was granted conditional bail and committed to the District Court for sentencing on 4 April 2014. The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is prosecuting this matter.

Trio victims condemn Astarra director jail release

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... maximum sentence of five years imprisonment. Matters explained that perpetrators of welfare fraud brought before the District Court of the ACT by the Commonwealth under the Criminal Code saw longer jail sentences. "The sentence does not provide serious ...

Wealthsure adviser guilty to criminal charges

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Appearing in the Sydney District Court, Brian William Veitch, formerly of Minto, New South Wales, pleaded guilty to 22 counts of using a false instrument. Veitch ...