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27 August 2024 MEDIA RELEASE
24-188MR Former Brisbane financial adviser Ben Jayaweera sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for fraud at retrial

Ben Jayaweera, a former financial adviser and director of Growth Plus Financial Group Pty Ltd (in Liquidation), has been sentenced to 12 years’ ...

23 August 2024 MEDIA RELEASE
24-187MR Former Brisbane financial adviser Ben Jayaweera found guilty of fraud following a retrial in the Brisbane District Court

On Friday 23 August 2024, Ben Jayaweera, a former financial advisor and director of Growth Plus Financial Group Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) was found ...

23 August 2024 MEDIA RELEASE
24-186MR ASIC wins case against Kraken crypto exchange operator for design and distribution failure

The Federal Court today ruled Bit Trade Pty Ltd, the operator of the Kraken crypto exchange in Australia, failed to comply with design and ...

23 August 2024 MEDIA RELEASE
24-185MR ASIC continues action on misleading claims to deter greenwashing misconduct

ASIC has made 47 regulatory interventions to address greenwashing misconduct during the 15-month period up to 30 June 2024, including the ...

22 August 2024 MEDIA RELEASE
24-184MR ASIC expands strategic priorities for coming 12 months

Australia’s public and private markets and emerging financial products will form a new pillar of ASIC’s expanded strategic priorities. ASIC Chair ...

20 August 2024 MEDIA RELEASE
24-183MR Former BBY employee sentenced for aiding and abetting

Yat Nam (April) Yuen, who held various roles at collapsed stockbroking firm BBY Limited (BBY) including Manager (Strategy), has been sentenced for ...

20 August 2024 MEDIA RELEASE
24-182MR Anti-scam practices of banks outside the four major banks

ASIC today released a report into the anti-scam practices of 15 banks outside the four major banks. Report 790 Anti-scam practices of banks outside ...

19 August 2024 MEDIA RELEASE
24-181MR ASIC cancels licence of Libertas Financial Planning

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of former national financial advisory business Libertas Financial Planning Pty Ltd ...

19 August 2024 MEDIA RELEASE
24-180MR Online investment trading scams top ASIC’s website takedown action

As it marks the first-year anniversary of investment scam disruption, ASIC announced today the takedown of more than 7,300 phishing and investment ...

15 August 2024 MEDIA RELEASE
24-179MR Sydney labour hire services director disqualified for five years

ASIC has disqualified Gregory Romano Lavopa, of Beverley Hills NSW, from managing corporations for the maximum period of 5 years, after his ...

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