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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 ...

Former boutique firm analyst pleads guilty to insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... between about 27 and 29 March 2011 to acquire Norton shares. The matter has been committed for sentencing in the District Court and listed for arraignment on 7 June 2013. Bail has been granted on a number of conditions. The Commonwealth Director of Public ...

Former Bell Potter adviser sentenced to 5 years jail

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... the money as agreed with his clients between September 2002 and October 2008. Evans pleaded guilty in the Sydney District Court to 10 counts of misappropriating funds and five further counts were also considered in sentencing. ASIC's concerns arose from ...

ASIC drops charges against Westpoint directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... document in the context of the prosecution's case, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions today advised the District Court of Western Australia that the case should proceed no further and filed Notices of Discontinuance," ASIC said. The situation ...

SMSF adviser escapes jail time with suspended sentence

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... after he tricked clients into buying his own shares. Craig Dangar was yesterday sentenced in the Downing Centre District Court, to concurrent suspended sentences of 18 months jail, after pleading guilty to two charges brought by the Australian Securities ...

Former mortgage broker convicted

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... with ASIC's investigation, good character, history and remorse for acting dishonestly in this case, the Sydney District Court imposed a two-year good behaviour bond on Mr Nguyen. ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell said brokers must familiarise themselves with ...

Insider trading gets former J.P. Morgan staffer jail

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
A former J.P. Morgan employee has been sentenced to 18 months jail by the NSW District Court after she gave inside information to a friend while working at the investment bank. Elisa Rietbergen, of Kensington, NSW gave confidential information to her ...