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Former Statewide Super execs charged with dishonesty offences
The former chief financial officer and chief risk officer of South Australian industry super fund Statewide Superannuation have been hit with criminal charges related to the procurement of services from financial services platform Cosight.
Buscopan cartel yields $2M penalty, landmark sentence for exec
A judge has hit Alkaloids of Australia with a nearly $2 million penalty for engaging in cartel conduct and sentenced its former export manager to a term of imprisonment for his involvement in fixing prices for a key chemical in anti-spasmodic drug Buscopan.
Prosecutors lose challenge to time limit in criminal case against ME Bank
Federal prosecutors pursuing a case against Members Equity have lost an appeal of a ruling that threw out half the charges against the direct bank as time barred, with an appeals court finding the ASIC Act imposes a hard deadline for bringing a criminal case of misleading or deceptive conduct.
Directed Electronics wins suit over ‘reprehensible’ theft by ex-manager
Automotive electronics company Directed Electronics has largely prevailed in a five-year-old lawsuit alleging a former manager misappropriated company information and reaped $3.6 million in commissions through a secret side agreement with South Korean giant Hanhwa.
Sports betting class action may drop remaining claims against lawyer
The lead applicant in a class action on behalf of investors who sank $12.3 million into an allegedly fraudulent sports betting scheme run by convicted conman Peter Foster may drop the case after a partner in the scheme filed for bankruptcy.
PwC partner sued over alleged involvement in husband’s $3.3M fraud scheme
A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has been taken to court over her alleged involvement in a $3.3 million scheme to defraud her husband's employer to bankroll the couple’s lavish lifestyle, which included a $200,000 Porsche and extensive renovations to their Sydney home.
High Court to weigh in on penalties for foreign bribery violations
The High Court has agreed to hear prosecutors' appeal of a "manifestly inadequate" $1.35 million penalty against an engineering firm for bribing foreign officials in Vietnam to secure $10 million in infrastructure contracts.
Ex-Tesla Australia director pleads guilty to insider trading
A former Tesla Motors Australia director has pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading for acquiring shares in Piedmont Lithium based on insider information he had about an in-principle agreement the mining company had to supply lithium to Tesla.
Former van Eyk Research CEO sentenced over plot to keep control of firm
Former CEO of failed van Eyk Research has been sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment after admitting he breached his duties as director of a subsidiary to dishonestly retain control of the company.
Clive Palmer strikes out again in attempt to dodge criminal charges
A judge has thrown out proceedings brought by mining magnate Clive Palmer in which he alleged an abuse of process by prosecutors and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, finding that Palmer’s suits were themselves a “misuse of proceedings.”