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TPB names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... risk officer at the ATO. He is also a lawyer who has worked with the Australian Federal Police and Australian Crime Commission. TPB chair Ian Taylor said he is delighted to welcome O'Neill to the role on behalf of the board. "Michael brings a wealth ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian Crime Commission believes Stronger Super reforms implemented from 2013 have reduced illegal early release schemes run through self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). In its latest report, Organised Crime in Australia 2015, the commission ...

Hockey launches Serious Financial Crime Taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... following interventions. It will include several government bodies: the Australian Taxation Office, Australian Crime Commission, Australian Federal Police, Attorney-General's Department, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Australian ...

Accountant gets 6 years jail for promoting tax avoidance scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... evasion. Project Wickenby is a cooperative partnership between the ATO, Australian Federal Police, Australian Crime Commission, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, with support ...

Aussie super, a tempting catch for organised crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... Australia's large superannuation assets estimated at $1.3 trillion are attracting organised crime, the Australian Crime Commission report Organised Crime in Australia 2013 found. The Commission revealed that organised criminal involvement in superannuation ...

ASIC slaps biggest fine ever

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... them into thinking they would get rich quick with no risk of losing their money. Meanwhile, last week Australian Crime Commission executive director David Lacey warned that Australia's criminal intelligence agency was seeing an alarming increase in the ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... report from the ACC. Minister of Justice Jason Clare yesterday released the joint report from the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) and the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) warning of the sophisticated nature of investment schemes. "[The report] ...

Trio: ASIC evidence insufficient to prosecute Flader

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... continue to provide relevant information relating to Flader to the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission. To date ASIC has taken regulatory action on Trio against a range of gatekeepers. According to ASIC, more than 10 individuals ...

ASIC, ACC crack investment scam

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... Trade or Atlas Lead Generation. A joint operation between the Queensland Police Service (QPS), the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) with assistance from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) ...

Gold Coast scam sees 20 investors lose $250,000

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... injunctive orders have frozen approximately $38,000 of the remaining funds. Queensland police and the Australian Crime Commission have been helping ASIC with their inquiries, and are continuing to investigate a number of similar investment scams. The ...
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