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ASIC takes action against missing woman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... 2020. NSW Police believe she left her home at 5.30am in exercise clothes. Anyone with information has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Serious financial crime drops significantly

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
The abundance of serious financial crime has dropped significantly from last year, according to AUSTRAC's Fintel Alliance operations report. In FY2018/19 15% of the group's operations were in relation to serious financial crime, with the FY2019/20 year ...

Three advisers banned for non-financial crimes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned three people from working in financial services due to sex offences they had committed. The FCA's decision to ban the three individuals comes after Megan Butler, executive director of supervision ...

Westpac profits down on AUSTRAC fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... process of fundamental change, which has included refreshing the board and management and elevating oversight of financial crime, compliance and conduct." As flagged last week, impairment charges increased four times from the previous year to $3.1 billion ...

Westpac settles two class actions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... for undisclosed amounts. The bank settled the action filed by Rosen Law Firm relating to its failure to monitor financial crime and anti-money laundering under the eyes of AUSTRAC on October 29. The law firm filed the class action in January this year ...

Financial crime victims fume at Shipton, Crennan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... allegedly a deceitful chair, James Shipton and deputy chair, Daniel Crennan, turned their backs on genuine victims of financial crime to benefit from ill-gotten gains," Telford said. "Victims of financial crime in Australia deserve an apology. Victims ...

Man arrested over investment scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... investment scam. The 42-year-old Melbourne man was arrested following a joint investigation by ASIC and Victoria Police E-Crime Squad which found more than 40 false business names registered to form part of an alleged scam between May 2019 and October ...

AUSTRAC releases guidance on wildlife trafficking

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
AUSTRAC private-public initiative the Fintel Alliance has released a financial crime guide to combat Australia's illegal wildlife trafficking industry. The guide, developed in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment, draws ...

J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co is set to cough up close to $1.4 billion (US$1 billion) to shut down regulatory and government agency probes into market manipulation allegations on its precious metals and treasuries trading desk. As first reported by Bloomberg ...

Westpac reaches $1.3bn AUSTRAC deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... and are implementing all the recommendations of the advisory panel report," King said. "We are strengthening our financial crime capability. We acknowledge the important role Westpac must play in protecting the integrity of the financial system." King ...