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Location: 
South Australia

Former Adelaide financial advisor sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after stealing client funds

Commercial/Financial

 

On 10 July 2019, a financial advisor who stole $4.8 million from his clients was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of seven years. James Gibbs (51) was sentenced in the District Court in Adelaide, after stealing the money from 30 victims who were retired or preparing for retirement between 2009 and 2016.

2018-2019
Location: 
New South Wales

Japanese shipping company convicted and fined $34.5 million for cartel conduct

Commercial/Financial

On 2 August 2019, Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K-Line) was convicted of criminal cartel conduct and fined $34.5 million: the largest ever criminal fine imposed under the Competition and Consumer Act.

2018-2019
Location: 
Victoria

Securency and Note Printing Australia foreign bribery prosecutions finalised

Commercial/Financial

2018-2019
Location: 
New South Wales

Akal Kaur KHALSA - Bankruptcy

Commercial/Financial

On 5 October 2018, Ms Akal Kaur Khalsa was sentenced in the Downing Centre District Court to 12 months’ imprisonment to be served by way of an Intensive Corrections Order, for eight offences involving:

2017-2018
Location: 
Queensland

Michael ISSAKIDIS - Major tax fraud

Commercial/Financial

On 29 March 2018, 67-year-old Michael Issakidis was sentenced to 10 years’ jail in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, for his role in a $135 million tax fraud and money laundering case, the largest ever successfully prosecuted in Australia.

Issakidis and his co-accused Anthony Dickson masterminded a corporate tax scam that netted them more than $63 million.