New South Wales
Commonwealth bribery sentence appeal in matter of Wei
On 24 September 2025, the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal (NSWCCA) delivered judgment in the matter of Wenfeng Wei. The judgment related to an application made pursuant to s5(1)(c) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW). The application was ultimately dismissed.
Former investment manager sentenced for creating false documents for investors following ASIC investigation and CDPP prosecution
On 20 December 2024, Brett Trevillian was convicted and sentenced in the NSW District Court to three years’ imprisonment, to be served by way of an intensive correction order, following a plea of guilty to two charges of making a false document to obtain a financial advantage, contrary to s 253(b)(ii) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW).
Director of Courtenay House sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment for running Australia’s largest Ponzi scheme
On 2 September 2024, Tony Iervasi was sentenced in the New South Wales Supreme Court to 11 years’ imprisonment with a non-parole period of seven years. This followed a plea of guilty to four counts of engaging in dishonest conduct in relation to a financial product or financial service and one count of carrying on an unlicensed financial services business, contrary to ss 1041G and 911A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) respectively.
Successful prosecution of criminal cartel leads to substantial fines
In 2019, two Sydney skip bin and waste processing businesses, Bingo Industries and Aussie Skips Bin Services and Aussie Skips Recycling (Aussie Skips) and their respective CEOs, Daniel Tartak and Emmanuel Roussakis, engaged in cartel conduct by agreeing to set higher prices for their building and demolition waste services.
CDPP prosecutes overseas child sex abuse crimes in the Philippines
Between July 2015 and August 2019, Collen Teoxon Dixon travelled to the Philippines and engaged in, or attempted to engage in, sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age and produced child pornography material (by recording this offending) on multiple occasions. Mr Dixon’s offending involved at least thirteen child victims.