Former finance director Brendan Gunn of Brisbane, has pleaded guilty to dealing with more than $180,000 when it was reasonable to suspect that those funds were the proceeds of crime, derived from suspected international scams that targeted Australian investors. At…
28 self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors had their registrations cancelled, conditions imposed on them, or were disqualified by ASIC in the first half of the 25-26 financial year. SMSF auditors are responsible for providing assurance over the $1 trillion in…
Former finance director Brendan Gunn of Brisbane, has pleaded guilty to dealing with more than $180,000 when it was reasonable to suspect that those funds were the proceeds of crime, derived from suspected international scams that targeted Australian investors. At…
The Federal Court has found BPS Financial Pty Ltd (BPS Financial) must pay $14 million in pecuniary penalties over its promotion and operation of its ‘Qoin Wallet’ crypto product. BPS Financial promoted the Qoin Wallet as a non-cash payment facility…
Former United Global Capital (UGC) (in liquidation) financial adviser Milutin Petrovic has had a six year ban varied to three years by the Administrative Review Tribunal. Mr Petrovic will be banned from providing financial services, performing any function involved in…
The District Court of Western Australia has sentenced former financial advisor, Anthony Paul Torre, to six years imprisonment, backdated to commence on 29 January 2025. Mr Torre will be eligible for parole after serving four years of his sentence. Mr…
ASIC has secured the return of nearly $40 million to more than 38,000 retail investors and driven substantial compliance improvement across Australia’s contracts for difference (CFD) sector following a whole of industry review. CFDs allow investors to speculate on the…
The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) has set aside a decision of the registered liquidator disciplinary committee (the committee) to cancel the liquidator registration of Richard Ernest Auricht. The ART decided Richard Ernest Auricht’s registration should instead be suspended for five…