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Superannuation fraudster sentenced to prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... contrary to section 408C(1)(a)(i), (2)(d) and one count of fraud contrary to section 408C(1)(a)(i), (2A) of the of Criminal Code (Qld). Steele was sentenced to eight years for one count of fraud and four years for the remaining three counts of fraud ...

Four men charged over sophisticated bond scam

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... dealing in proceeds of indictable crime, contrary to sections 400.4(2), 400.5(2), 400.9(1) and 400.9(1A) of the Criminal Code (Cth). Tsalikidis was charged with 12 offences of dealing in proceeds of indictable crime, contrary to sections 400.4(2), 400.5(2) ...

Ascent Investment mastermind cops 33 criminal charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... charged Dunjey, the director of Ascent Investment and Coaching, with 23 counts of fraud under section 409 of the Criminal Code 1913 (WA). These amounted to more than $4 million in investor funds. Five counts relate to failing to act in good faith under ...

Convicted adviser banned over $2m theft

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... Australian Finance Group. On 14 May 2024, King was convicted of two counts of fraud under s708c of the Queensland Criminal Code and was sentenced to five and eight years of imprisonment with the sentences being served concurrently, ASIC said. He will ...

Former BBY employee sentenced for 'dishonest conduct'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... to two offences which contravened sections 1041G(1) of the Corporations Act and section 11.2 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code. As a result, she was sentenced to an aggregated sentence of two years and six months imprisonment, but she will serve it in ...

Court rejects former fund manager's appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... Munro. He was arrested in 2015 following ASIC's allegation of five counts of fraud under s408c of the Queensland Criminal Code and that he operated a financial services business without as AFS licence (AFSL). On 10 August 2021, his legal representatives ...

Fraudulent property director charged

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... been adjourned to July 17. Steele has been charged with seven counts of breaching s408C(1)(a)(i) of the Queensland Criminal Code which relates to a person committing fraud if they dishonestly apply to their own use or to the use of any person property ...

Investment fraud accomplice charged

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... appear in the Stirling Garden Magistrates Court in July. The maximum penalty for each offence of fraud under the Criminal Code WA is seven years' imprisonment or 10 years if the person deceived is over 60 years old. The matter is being prosecuted by ...

Victim access to super should be extended: Associations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... and jury and serious offences that an accused can elect to have heard by judge alone. A serious offence in the NSW criminal code is defined as one involving a prison term of at least five years. We think this would be a good definition to use in these ...

Fraud charges laid over unlicensed scheme

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... or operating an unregistered managed investment scheme. The maximum penalty for each offence of fraud under the Criminal Code WA is seven years' imprisonment, or 10 years if the person deceived is 60 years or older. This matter is being prosecuted by ...
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