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CommInsure enters guilty plea

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... importance of using information in the PDS when making a decision. The case has been handed over to the Commonwealth director of public prosecutions from ASIC with details of the investigation and a prosecution brief. CommInsure was charged by the regulator ...

ASIC bans adviser over super theft

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... savings. The total amount of debt owed by the 14 companies to creditors amounted to about $9.8 million. The Commonwealth director of public prosecutions is prosecuting the matter. The ban will prevent McSweeny from managing companies for the maximum ...

ASIC flags post-RC criminal prosecutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... individual representatives. "ASIC expects these investigations to result in a number of referrals to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions for assessment for criminal prosecution," the regulator confirmed. Work on the 11 specific referrals ...

MYEFO: Regulatory funding increases, Budget surplus doubles

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... Financial Services Industry." The Government is also providing $28 million over four years from 2018-19 to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. This is "to pursue a greater number of prosecutions of those responsible for misconduct in the ...

Frydenberg splashes $50m to pursue financial services crime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... financial misconduct. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said an additional $51.5 million would be provided to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) and the Federal Court of Australia, in an effort to increase prosecutions of criminal misconduct ...

Former adviser jailed, ASIC posts FY18 stats

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... this type of behaviour will be met with serious consequences," she said. The matter was heard before the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. In the 2017-18 financial year, ASIC said it undertook 22 criminal convictions, 13 custodial sentences ...

ASIC appeal convicts former CBA planner

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
ASIC has successfully helped convict a former CBA financial planner on appeal. ASIC, together with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP), appealed the sentence of former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser Ricky David Gillespie. ...

ASIC commences civil action against ANZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... obligations under the Corporations Act and a pecuniary penalty order. On 1 June 2018, ANZ announced to the ASX the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) intended to commence proceedings against the bank, including ANZ Group treasurer Rick ...

Financial crime taskforce puts two behind bars

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... Serious and Financial Crimes Taskforce," O'Dwyer said. Agencies forming the SFCT include the ATO, AFP, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Attorney-General's Department, Australian Transaction ...

Charges laid in ANZ criminal cartel conduct case

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... Six senior executives from ANZ, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup will face a Sydney Court next month after the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) laid charges against the cohort today. Executives facing criminal conduct charges have been ...