The CDPP and ASIC have succeeded in staying Clive Palmer’s case challenging the lawfulness of a seven-year-old examination, with a judge finding it would fragment criminal cases against the mining magnate.
Court-appointed receivers of investment firm Keystone have won an extension to a freezing order against a Melbourne developer who is suspected of receiving $160 million in investor funds.
A criminal case against a former financial adviser from Macquarie accused of trading in derivatives without a client’s authority has been dismissed.
A former director of collapsed Melbourne derivatives broker Berndale Capital Securities has pleaded guilty to offences connected to his misuse of company funds.
A former JPMorgan executive has pleaded guilty to fraud for allegedly misappropriating nearly $1 million from clients of his defunct companies.
A managing associate at Allens who specialises in regulatory investigations and financial crime is joining the Corrs Chambers Westgarth partnership as a member of its investigations and inquiries practice group.
A property developer has been ordered to pay $11.2 million to the liquidators of Plutus Payroll after a judge found he helped an employee of the defunct payroll services company “wash” money he blackmailed from the company’s directors.
A former financial advisor at the now-defunct Growth Plus Financial Group has been convicted on 28 counts of fraud and jailed for 12 years for defrauding clients of $6 million, in conduct a judge described as “evil” and “systematic”.
The CDPP has complained about being brought back to court “again and again” to deal with Clive Palmer’s complaints about a compulsory examination by ASIC, as the corporate regulator seeks to have his case challenging the lawfulness of the seven year-old examination thrown out as an abuse of process.
A former manager of BBY has been handed a two and half year sentence after pleading guilty to criminal charges following the stockbroking firm’s collapse.