A geological consultant has been sentenced to a suspended 12 months’ prison after pleading guilty to insider trading using information obtained through his work with Beacon Minerals.
Sydney investment manager Rodney Forrest has pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading in relation to the trading of $2.6 million in shares of funds manager Platinum Asset Management while in position of inside information about a takeover offer.
A judge has made winding up orders against companies connected to Lion Property Group and allowed Victoria Police to access a confidential report from the luxury Melbourne developer’s provisional liquidators.
AUSTRAC has launched proceedings against gaming club group Mounties, alleging the company engaged in serious and systemic non-compliance with anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws.
The former chairman of BBY has been charged with aiding and abetting dishonest conduct while head of the board at the defunct stockbroking firm.
A former director of collapsed Melbourne derivatives broker Berndale Capital Securities will spend a year in jail after pleading guilty to offences connected to his misuse of company funds.
A judge has rejected bids by former Keystone director Paul Chiodo and developer Robert Filippini to stay a $150 million suit, citing investors’ interests as a “powerful” factor weighing against the stay.
Property developers Paul Chiodo and Robert Filippini want to stay proceedings by Keystone’s receivers over $150 million allegedly laundered through City Built’s construction projects, citing “quite likely” criminal charges.
The High Court has granted special leave applications by labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid, seeking to toss their convictions for conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.
A judge has found Clive Palmer’s appeal of a judgment striking out his lawsuits against former ASIC chair James Shipton raises important questions about what’s required to advance a claim of misfeasance in public office and should be heard by the Full Court.