Childcare provider G8 Education on Friday lost a challenge to a ruling that it cover the legal costs of its former chair, who faced criminal charges that were dropped in March.
The former CEO of failed AI marketing start-up Metigy has pleaded guilty to providing false statements to investors and misusing his position as a director, following an investigation by the corporate regulator.
A court has slapped a 14-year jail term on Perth businessman Chris Marco, after a jury found him guilty of 43 charges connected to a $34 million fraud on investors.
Former senior barrister Norman O’Bryan has pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges in connection with his role as counsel for the Banksia Securities class action.
Former barrister Norman O’Bryan has lost his bid to suppress reporting on the hearing where he was committed to stand trial for criminal offences related to his role in the Banksia class action, with a magistrate finding the orders would be “futile”.
A judge has ordered federal prosecutors to drop a criminal tax fraud case against a medical researcher, finding an ATO officer lied and tampered with evidence during the probe.
A Victorian man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for trading on insider information ahead of the public announcement of a $20 million share placement for medical cannabis company Cann Group.
A Melbourne man has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to trading while in possession of inside information in advance of Westfarmers’ $776 million acquisition of lithium company Kidman Resources in 2019.
A jury has convicted Perth businessman Chris Marco of defrauding six investors out of $34 million, but acquitted his former executive assistant.
The CDPP has dropped charges accusing former executives of collapsed Bruck Textile Technologies of scheming their way out of making more than $3 million in redundancy payments, following an appellate ruling in their favour clarifying when it’s a crime to prevent the payout of employee wages.