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Australian Watchdog ASIC Cancels AFS Licence of Financial Options – 26 February 2020
ASIC cancels the AFS licence of ‘Financial Options Pty Ltd’ and permanently bans its adviser Mr. William John Henry Houwing. ASIC found that the company failed to meet its licence requirements and that Mr. Houwing arranged for his clients to lend money to its related entities.
https://atozmarkets.com/news/asic-cancels-afs-licence-financial-options/
Ex-fund manager pleads guilty over Big Un insider trading – 25 February 2020
ASIC is investigating the executives of collapsed ASX-listed tech company ‘Big Un’ Limited after a former fund manager pleaded guilty to insider trading in the stock.
EFTPOS reveals new push into digital identity – 24 February 2020
Due to pressure from the Reserve bank of Australia to control fraud and increase debit functionality ‘EFTPOS” has created a localised digital identity platform that uses biometric functions.
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/eftpos-reveals-new-push-into-digital-identity-538603
Crypto-currency entrepreneur behind company trying to buy Perth Glory is convicted fraudster – 24 February 2020
An investigation has found that the man behind a company trying to buy Perth ‘Glory’ Soccer club is convicted fraudster, James Abbass Biniaz. Biniaz was using the name Jim Aylward to buy the club. James Biniaz went to prison in the UK in 2010, for a scam against the tax department and has also been convicted of robbery and assault.
