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James Mawhinney arrested as Mayfair 101 saga rolls on

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... a years-long battle with ASIC now, with the regulator taking him to court for operating what it believes to be a Ponzi scheme and Mawhinney fighting the claims and accusing ASIC of its own misconduct in pursuing him. In the latest instalment, Mawhinney ...

Third person pleads guilty in Courtenay House Ponzi scheme

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... director of the Courtenay House companies Tony Iervasi has also pleaded guilty to charges linked to operating the Ponzi scheme. The sentencing hearing for Iervasi will take place on April 22 and April 24 in the Supreme Court of NSW. Following his guilty ...

Massive crypto Ponzi scheme unravels

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
A US court and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have slapped charges on three individuals that include an Australian citizen for allegedly perpetrating a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme known as HyperFund, raising $2.6 billion (US$1.7bn). ...

Investors livid over fresh portfolio valuation: Mayfair 101

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... of 200-plus properties in 2019. In early 2020, ASIC froze Mayfair's assets and operations over concerns it was a Ponzi scheme. Many of the properties were handed over to receivers who have since sold them. Now, according to CoreLogic, the three main ...

Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... that victims are likely to get back from the receivership alone, in the order of 35 to 40 cents in the dollar. For a Ponzi scheme that is quite a remarkable result and a credit to the receivers." Mackay Chapman acted on behalf of one client during the ...

Caddick victims sue auditors in class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... financial adviser and reportedly defrauded some $23 million from her clients as early as 2012, essentially running a Ponzi scheme. She disappeared on 12 November 2020, the day after ASIC raided her home. In March 2021, ASIC dropped the 38 criminal charges ...

Investors recoup $3m in first Caddick payout

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... be confirmed. Caddick went missing in November 2020 following a raid on her home by ASIC in relation to an alleged Ponzi scheme she had been running for some time. She is suspected of swindling investors out of as much as $30 million. Three months later ...

Perth-based Ponzi scheme shut down by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
A Perth woman has been permanently banned from running a financial services business, while the $11 million illegal investment scheme she ran will be wound up. Monica Kaur, through her business MKS Property Investments/Developments, encouraged around ...

Melissa Caddick declared dead by coroner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... not be confirmed. Caddick went missing in November 2020 following a raid on her home by ASIC in relation an alleged Ponzi scheme she had been running for some time. In all, she is suspected of swindling investors out of as much as $30 million. Three ...

Courtenay House affiliate faces prison

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... 585 investors out of $180 million. According to ASIC, Papoulias was not aware that the funds were used to fuel a Ponzi scheme. Nevertheless, when handing down the sentence, Judge McHugh SC remarked that Papoulias' actions had undermined public confidence ...
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