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Police charge man in major fraud investigation – 19 February 2021
The owner of two Queensland-based migration services companies has allegedly defrauded migrant visa card holders by offering to find them jobs as a pathway to permanent residency.
https://www.miragenews.com/police-charge-man-in-major-fraud-516666/
‘Roaring Kitty’ Sued for Securities Fraud Over GameStop Rise – 18 February 2021
Keith Gill, one of the most influential voices that pushed GameStop on the WallStreetBets Reddit forum, was hit with a lawsuit that accused him of misrepresenting himself as an amateur investor and profiting by artificially inflating the price of the stock.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/17/business/stock-market-today
Media await judge’s penalties for contempt over early Pell reports – 17 February 2021
Fourteen news outlets have pleaded guilty to a combined 21 charges of contempt of court for breaching a suppression order with reports published or broadcast in December 2018, in the days after Cardinal Pell was found guilty. Prosecutors want Justice Dixon to impose significant fines and convictions for what they say was serious offending.
Supreme Court decides Peter Ivan Macks’ liquidator registration to be suspended for three years – 17 February 2021
A prominent Adelaide liquidator has received a three-year ban after forging documents in an attempt to foil an ASIC investigation.
https://www.miragenews.com/supreme-court-decides-peter-ivan-macks-515144/
