A Guide on Your Right to Silence When Approached by Police
By Scott Feeney and Jimmy Singh. The Brazilian Military Police were ready. The raid was about to take place in the northeast of the country, in the low-income community of Vila Irma Dulce. It was Monday the 22nd of April, and while on a regular patrol of their beat, the police observed a man ...continue reading
What is Obtaining a Financial Advantage by Deception?
It is reported that Max Kiattisak Eung, who is also known as Kiattisak Eungpongpan from Tempe NSW has been charged with 2 counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception. The charges followed after ASIC conducted an investigation into Eung who is alleged to have obtained a total advantage of $166,500 which ASIC say was ...continue reading
Some of the Different Kinds of White-Collar Stealing Offences in NSW
A 53-year old woman, Catherine Koster was charged with obtaining financial advantage or cause disadvantage to her employer at the time, a charity organisation called Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia. The charity organisation raises money for worthy causes including the funding for PhD students to conduct medical research, and to support people suffering asbestos ...continue reading
The Law on Obtaining a Financial Advantage by Deception in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. The allure of winning a large sum of money is something most of us, at some point, find ourselves daydreaming about. Indeed, having more money than you can count and being able to afford that trip around the world, the spectacular mansion and let’s throw in a yacht, ...continue reading
What is the Law and Penalties for Dishonestly Obtaining Financial Advantage by Deception in NSW?
44-year-old Ms. Van Wijngarden, a real estate agent and director of Unique Estates was charged with fifteen counts of fraud offences allegedly involving a total quantum of over $3.5 million. The charges were laid following an investigation by forensic accountants. For over a nearly two-year period, from May 2016 to early February 2018, she ...continue reading
The Law and Penalties for Dishonest White-Collar Crime
What is ASIC? The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is an independent Government body that enforces consumer protection and company law in relation to superannuation, insurance, investments, and banking (except for lending) all over Australia. ASIC’s purpose is to minimise unfair practices by financial markets and products and to also minimise fraud. ASIC’s Fees-For-No-Service ...continue reading
New NSW Sentencing Penalty Introduced: The New ‘Intensive Corrections Orders’
On 24 October 2017, Parliament in NSW assented to the amending legislation which effectively changed the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW). As of 24 September 2018, three major new sentencing options were introduced into NSW. A Magistrate or Judge can now impose any one of these new sentencing or penalty options for traffic ...continue reading
New Sentencing Option Introduced in NSW: ‘Community Correction Orders’
Our previous blog outlined how the ‘section 10 bond’ has now replaced the new ‘conditional release order’ as a new sentencing option in NSW for criminal and traffic offences. This blog outlines a further new sentencing option called a ‘community corrections order’ which effectively replaces the old ‘section 9 bond’ and ‘community service order’ penalties, ...continue reading
The End of ‘Section 10 Bonds’ in NSW as a Sentencing Option
The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) reflects the law behind all the sentencing options a Magistrates or Judges can impose on a person guilty of a NSW criminal or traffic offence. That Law has now changed and the new NSW sentencing penalties or options commence from today 24 September 2018 onwards. The popular ...continue reading
Why is There Currently a Black Market for Australia’s Baby Formula?
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh Last week, NSW Police arrested the leader of a shoplifting syndicate alleged to have stolen more than $250,000 worth of baby formula from supermarket shelves around Australia and then vending them at a significantly higher price on the black market. Lie Ke, 48, the accused kingpin of the ...continue reading