by admin | Nov 21, 2019 | News & Analysis
Luxury real estate agency Unique Estates founder Nicolette Van Wijngaarden, has been sentenced to three years and six months in jail after pleading guilty to a $3.69 million trust account fraud. She was charged with 15 fraud offences, with the case being the largest...
by admin | Nov 21, 2019 | News & Analysis
A 2019 investigation into the Yarriambiack Shire Council has found deficiencies in the organisation including $1 million of “unrecoverable” rates, staff using council credit cards without permission and non-digital filing in a shipping container....
by admin | Nov 21, 2019 | News & Analysis
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released guidance for upcoming changes to the Corporations Act that will require large proprietary and public companies to have whistleblower policies in place by 1 January 2020. The guidance includes a...
by admin | Nov 19, 2019 | News & Analysis
CommInsure has been hit with a $700,000 criminal penalty for breaching anti-hawking rules, but avoided a maximum penalty of $1.85 million by making an early guilty plea. The bank-owned insurer has also agreed to refund more than $12 million to 30,000 customers who...
by admin | Nov 15, 2019 | News & Analysis
ASIC found that Ms Pellew (the director of several companies) had improperly used her corporate position to gain an advantage for herself. She also failed to prevent the companies from trading whilst potentially insolvent and did not ensure that proper financial...
