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Developer jailed after $2.2m investment scam

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... $2.2 million in investor funds to his own use of that of others. Ian Omar Chester pleaded guilty in the Southport District Court on September 29, following an ASIC investigation into around 18 companies used as investment and development vehicles across ...

Former Big Un chief escapes prison time for insider trading

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2026
The former chief executive of Big Un Richard Evans has learned his fate after the District Court of New South Wales handed down its verdict, with Evans escaping imprisonment. Evans, also known as Richard Evertz, was sentenced to one-year-and-nine-months ...

Former director jailed for misuse of $1.75m

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
... misappropriating company funds. Siddiqui, the former sole director of Equitable Financial Solutions, was sentenced in the District Court of NSW on 6 August 2026 after pleading guilty to two counts of dishonestly using his position as a director. He will ...

WA director admits investor deception

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... expenses, payments to other investors and other non-trading purposes. The matter has been adjourned to the Perth District Court and is scheduled to return on 21 August 2026 for a sentence mention. The case is one of several recent criminal prosecutions ...

Big Un finance chief's insider trading charges dropped

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
... executive Richard Evans (formerly Evertz) pleaded guilty to one count of communicating inside information at the Sydney District Court in April. ASIC said Evans communicated inside information about Big Un to a shareholder in early 2017, when he ought ...

Former Big Un chief pleads guilty to insider trading

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... technology firm Big Un Richard Evans has pleaded guilty to one count of communicating inside information in Sydney District Court. Evans, formerly Evertz, gave inside information about Big Un to a shareholder around 10 January 2017, knowing reasonably ...

'Gross breach of trust': Former adviser sentenced to six years imprisonment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... years' imprisonment. Torre's sentencing was backdated to 29 January 2025 in a verdict handed down by the District Court of Western Australia. Torre was sentenced to three counts of stealing and two counts of fraud resulting in the misappropriation ...

Pump and dump conspirators sentenced

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
The four people who conspired in a pump and dump scheme were delivered their sentences at the Sydney District Court, ASIC said. Larisa Quinlan, Kurt Stuart, Emma Summer, and Syed Yusef have been sentenced to between 14 months and two years' imprisonment ...

Former Statewide Super executives acquitted

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... Corporations Act. This month, both Netting and Eastwood were acquitted of all charges following a trial in the District Court of South Australia. Financial Standard understands Eastwood was dismissed by the jury while Netting made a successful no case ...

Singapore investment firm to add 835 student beds in Perth

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
... Curtin University Student Accommodation project via Infranexus. Its platform already manages the concession for the District Court of Western Australia and Southern Cross Station.
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