Case Reports
2021-2022
Location:
Victoria
Serious Financial and Corporate Crime
On 15 June 2022, the County Court of Victoria convicted and fined Avanteos $1.71 million for failing to update defective disclosure statements, which the Court described as a very serious failure of corporate governance.
Location:
Queensland
Fraud and Specialist Agencies
Brett Evans was charged with 35 offences contrary to the CATSI Act in that he used his position as an employee of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation dishonestly, with the intention of directly or indirectly gaining an advantage for himself.
2020-2021
Location:
New South Wales
Organised Crime and National Security
Mr Chan Han Choi pleaded guilty to breaching sanctions imposed on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea).
Location:
New South Wales
Fraud and Specialist Agencies
The offender submitted five claims supported by six false documents in support of applications for Carer Payment and Carer Allowance.
Location:
New South Wales
Serious Financial and Corporate Crime
Between about 14 October 2016 and 8 October 2019, Hopkins, a financial advisor, engaged in dishonest conduct in relation to the provision of financial services to 13 clients of his financial advisory business, QWL Pty Ltd.
Location:
Western Australia
Fraud and Specialist Agencies
Ms Melvin dishonestly obtained a total of $94,633.33 in Disability Support Pension (DSP) payments from Centrelink to which she was not entitled.
Location:
Western Australia
Serious Financial and Corporate Crime
Mr Kathiravelu was undertaking capital raising for a listed company and conspired with a business associate to ensure shares on the ASX would close higher than the price to be offered under the capital raising.
Location:
Victoria
Organised Crime and National Security
Tony Mokbel had been charged with importing 1.9kg of cocaine into Australia. One of the barristers that represented him was Nicola Gobbo. The Court of Appeal ordered a re-trial. The CDPP discontinued the re-trial as there was no public interest in prosecuting Mr Mokbel again.
Location:
New South Wales
Fraud and Specialist Agencies
Zheyuan Qiu and Ut Lei Lei plead guilty to 19 and 14 offences respectively relating to the attempted exportation of Australian wildlife via the postal service.
Location:
New South Wales
Human Exploitation and Border Protection
Mr Sanjay Korat pleaded guilty to, and was sentenced for, using a carriage service for hoax threat, contrary to s474.16 of the Criminal Code (Cth).
Location:
New South Wales
Serious Financial and Corporate Crime
On 4 February 2021, Justice Wigney of the Federal Court of Australia convicted Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO) with criminal cartel conduct.
Location:
Victoria
Fraud and Specialist Agencies
Dowlat Soliman entered a plea of guilty to one charge of obtaining a financial advantage by deception. Ms Soliman appealed against her sentence. In February the Court of Appeal refused the application for leave to appeal.