by admin | Jun 28, 2018 | News & Analysis
Accountants, lawyers, a former liquidator and a migration consultant have been caught up in an investigation into a massive alleged tax-evasion scheme that raises further questions about Australia’s corporate regulatory system....
by admin | Jun 28, 2018 | News & Analysis
A Sydney woman has been sentenced in the District Court of NSW after an ASIC investigation found she dishonestly appropriated money belonging to clients, including an SMSF (Self Managed Super Fund) and to funds she knew to be proceeds of crime....
by admin | Jun 26, 2018 | News & Analysis
Bill Jordanou, formerly a professional poker player, finally admitted to his part in a $72 million Ponzi scheme. His co-accused, former Scoresby accountant Robert Zaia, also pleaded guilty to his part in the massive fraud, including siphoning about $26 million into...
by admin | Jun 25, 2018 | News & Analysis
A former suburban solicitor (Hisam Mahmoud Sidaoui) has been charged with misappropriating $17 million over more than a decade from victims that included some of the country’s largest banks and his own clients. The allegedly falsified loans came from major financial...
by admin | Jun 25, 2018 | News & Analysis
More than 30 military and Chinese government agencies have deployed the birdlike drone. They are designed to fly by simulating the flight of a small bird — at least in appearance. They look like birds, have a wingspan of about 50 centimetres and can fly at speeds of...
by admin | Jun 24, 2018 | News & Analysis
An alleged American bank fraudster (going by the name of James Castle) facing extradition from Australia spun an “elaborate ruse” about his connection to an international finance organisation so top-secret it could be verified only by Prime Minister...