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Judge scolds lawyers for ‘epistolary grenades’ in $8M fraud case
A judge has chided lawyers for lobbing "epistolary grenades" in the form of "ill-advised" emails in a civil case connected to an $8 million fraud by a former solicitor with law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell.
Ex-Citi, Deutsche CEOs among 6 charged over alleged ANZ cartel
High-ranking bank officials, including the former CEOs of Citigroup and Deutsche Bank in Australia, are among the executives charged over a cartel involving a $2.5 billion ANZ institutional share placement.
Abalone boss jailed for 3.5 years for misleading board, investors
The former chief executive of Australian Bight Abalone has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for making misleading statements to board members and potential investors about the company's abalone farming operation.
ANZ, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup face criminal cartel charges
ANZ, Deustche Bank and Citigroup will be hit with criminal charges over an alleged cartel involving the institutional equity placement of ANZ shares that raised $2.5 billion in capital.
Former Freenet director hit with fraud charges
Australia's corporate regulator has brought fraud charges against the former director of failed internet company Freenet, alleging he took money from the company and used false invoices to conceal the theft. 
Judge takes scalpel to Commonwealth Bank class action
The judge overseeing a Maurice Blackburn-led shareholder class action against Commonwealth Bank of Australia over allegedly lax anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing controls has struck out a portion of the statement of claim for "pleading deficiencies".
Fraud case against Shane Heal dropped after star witness no-show
The fraud case against Australian basketball great Shane Heal has been withdrawn after prosecutors' could not get their US-based star witness to testify in time.
IT consultant charged with insider trading after ASIC probe
A Sydney-based IT consultant faces multiple charges of insider trading after illegally accessing stock information from a financial publisher, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission said Monday.
Ex-CEO of Snowy 2.0 project says warrants in bribery case ‘defective’
The former CEO of the lead contractor on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project now facing corruption charges was the target of Australian Federal Police search warrants that were "too broad" to be sufficient, the Federal Court was told on Friday.