FRAUD

Financial planning

Former CEO of Wickham Securities has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in respect of 11 fraud offences....

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Financial planning

Former Wickham Securities' CEO, Garth Peter Robertson, has pleaded guilty to various charges, including fraud, for dishonestly attaining funds and property, and for provi...

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Accounting

A former accountant and PIS authorised representative is facing ASIC charges alleging fraud amounting to $800,000....

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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former HSBC financial planner from financial services for dishonest conduct in relation to millions of dollars of clients’ funds....

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Financial planning

Octaviar executives have been found to have acted dishonestly in their roles as officers as they neglected their best interest duty. ...

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Features

Advisers could face hefty lawsuits if they are unable to keep pace with regulatory change and capability development. Jassmyn Goh finds out how advisers can avoid legal t...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers need to be aware of ageing clients experiencing cognitive decline as they could be more vulnerable to financial fraud and abuse from strangers and fami...

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Financial planning

A former company director has been sentenced to over two years in jail for fraudulently misappropriating almost $300,000 of investor funds in a property development in Qu...

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Life/Risk

Insurers are investigating suspicious claims thanks to fraud hotline tip offs from the public....

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Accounting

A NSW SMSF accountant has been charged with multiple counts of criminal conduct and fraud after he misused investor funds and made false and misleading statements to inve...

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Financial planning

Ex-financial adviser, Thanh Tu, will serve a minimum of three years in prison after pleading guilty to 33 counts of fraud and 21 counts of fraudulent falsification of rec...

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Financial planning

Two of the names at the centre of the Trio Capital collapse, Jack Flader and James Sutherland, have been named in UK court proceedings. ...

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Financial planning

A NSW-based tax and credit agent has been banned from providing financial services for four years after signing off on false documents created by his ex-wife....

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Financial planning

Banned Queensland-based planning principal, Bradley Thomas Sherwin, will face 34 charges relating to fraud following an ASIC investigation....

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Funds management

A team leader within a platform provider’s settlement department has been permanently banned from providing financial services after being convicted of a $1 million fraud...

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