This Month
Bankman-Fried brought to book
Sam Bankman-Fried fidgeted his way through his first week in court while onlookers juggled the blockbuster trial and Michael Lewis’ new book about him.
- Matthew Cranston and Jessica Sier
What you need to know about FTX founder’s case
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former chief executive of the collapsed FTX exchange, will begin his six-week trial in New York City on Wednesday (AEDT).
- Jessica Sier
QIC files for Deutsche Bank papers over Danske dirty money scandal
Documents filed with a New York court show the Queensland investment giant attempting to prove the Danish bank had poor controls when its share price crashed.
- Nick Bonyhady
September
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
Tidal Ventures founder entangled with ‘fugitive’ Aussie’s company
Grant McCarthy helped raise funds for a company run by Andrew Waters, an Australian former investment banker accused by US authorities of defrauding investors.
- Primrose Riordan
‘Maybe charge me for being an idiot’: SEC hunts Aussie banker
Andrew Waters, accused of defrauding American investors then fleeing the country, blames a former Trump adviser for his troubles.
- Primrose Riordan
Australian couple defrauded wealthy Americans, SEC claims
Andrew and Helen Waters targeted the parents of their children’s friends in California and Aspen to pay for a “lavish” lifestyle, the US regulator alleges.
- Primrose Riordan
August
Bankman-Fried surviving ‘on bread and water’ in jail
The claims came as former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried faced a slew of further criminal charges over the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.
- Luc Cohen and Jody Godoy
How one woman tried to get $115,000 in fake GST refunds
A Victorian woman who avoided jail for tax fraud was one of 56,000 Australians who took part in a massive GST scam that spread through TikTok.
- Max Mason
July
The ‘besties’ who fleeced NAB and how it all unravelled
A trusted insider with the ability to approve millions in spending – no questions asked – and her “bestie”, fleeced NAB of $70 million. Now they’re both behind bars.
- Updated
- Max Mason
- Updated
- Courts
NAB fraudster gets 15 years’ jail
Helen Rosamond will serve a minimum non-parole period of eight years for her part in defrauding National Australia Bank of millions of dollars along with her friend, who was the CEO’s chief of staff.
- Updated
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- Opinion
NAB fraud exposed excessive corporate culture
Life is made easier for corporate fraudsters when the business being milked allows for $26,000-a-head management events at luxury resorts.
- Updated
- Tony Boyd
June
Former Big Un CFO hit with $5m insider trading charge
Andrew Corner is alleged to have had inside information when he procured two private companies to sell 1.7 million Big Un shares in late 2017.
- Max Mason
iSignthis boss ‘lying’ about Visa termination: court
iSignthis CEO John Karantzis lied to Clayton Utz about the nature of a letter from Visa, terminating the Australian fintech’s agreement, a court has heard.
- Updated
- Max Mason
iSignthis inflated revenue to get share bonus, court told
iSignthis chairman Tim Hart defended the company’s use of agreements where it recognised revenue collected for external licensees on its own books.
- Max Mason
May
Inside the prison where Elizabeth Holmes will spend the next 11 years
The convicted Theranos fraudster reported to a minimum-security camp where she could earn 18¢ an hour and share space with a Real Housewives star.
- Lekan Oyekanmi and Michael Liedtke
SportsFlick founder bankrupted by Care A2 over rugby league rights
Dylan Azzopardi was ordered to repay the infant formula manufacturer nearly $2 million after a court ruled he misled the company.
- Max Mason and Carrie LaFrenz
Former Bingo chief executive deleted price fixing texts, court told
Daniel Tartak was allegedly trying to cover up cartel conduct and an agreement to set prices struck with Aussie Skips and its then boss, Emmanuel Roussakis.
- Max Mason
Convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes must repay Murdoch $187m
Holmes was the co-founder of Theranos, one of Silicon Valley’s biggest failed startups, and attracted hundreds of millions in funding from the world’s top business leaders.
- Gareth Corfield
‘Fake millionaire’ US congressman charged with fraud
New York Republican George Santos pleaded not guilty to 13 charges of duping donors, stealing from his campaign and lying to Congress.
- Jake Offenhartz and Michael Sisak
HotCopper pump and dumper gets prison, but released under bond
A user of the stock forum who pumped up then sold penny stocks has become the first person sentenced under market manipulation provisions.
- Max Mason
