9 February 2010 - Samuel Saunders of Orange, New South Wales, was sentenced on 5 February 2010 to 2 years and 3 months imprisonment with a non-parole period of 12 months. The charges relate to the fundraising activities of the former property developer and mortgage broker, while he was a director of Mortgage Finance Australia.
18 February 2010: the former head of Newcastle investment company, Whet Investments Ltd, Hugh Gordon, of Redheads, New South Wales, was sentenced in the NSW District Court to eighteen months imprisonment to be released after serving eleven months and then entering into good behavior bond for 2 years. The sentence was stayed and bail continued to 9 April 2010, to assess whether the offender is suitable to serve his sentence by way of home detention or periodic detention.
29 March 2010 - Mr Atan Kassongo, of Castle Hill, New South Wales, was sentenced in the District Court of New South Wales to two years imprisonment, to be released after eight months, for unlawfully allowing the early access of superannuation benefits. Mr Kassongo's release is conditional upon entering a $1,000 security to be of good behaviour for a period of three years.
25 March 2010 - Mr Oswyn De Silva a former Macquarie Bank Portfolio Manager, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment with a non-parole period of six months for contempt of court. On Friday 26 February 2010, ASIC obtained ex-parte orders from the Supreme Court restraining Mr De Silva, 36, a resident of the United Kingdom, from leaving or attempting to leave Australia because of an ongoing ASIC investigation into Mr De Silva's trading between 2006 and 2007. On 1 March, Mr De Silva attempted to leave Australia from Perth but was stopped by the Australian Federal Police.
19 March 2010 - Mr Geoffrey Newing of Hawthorn East, Victoria was sentenced to a total of 22 months imprisonment and was ordered to serve six months of this sentence before being released on a recognisance release order. A former Genetic Technologies chief operating officer, pleaded guilty to five counts of market manipulation.
9 April 2010 - Mr Gregory Barnes, the former managing director of gold exploration company, Chameleon Mining, was sentenced in the NSW District Court to nine months imprisonment with a non-parole period of six months after being found guilty of permitting false and misleading information to be given to the ASX.
9 April 2010 - Mr Landan Roberts, the former director and secretary of Chameleon Mining, was sentenced to eight months imprisonment with a non-parole period of five months, for permitting false and misleading information to be given to the ASX.
27 April 2010 - Mr Oliver Banovec, of Bellevue Hill, Sydney, NSW, was sentenced to seven years jail, with a non-parole period of four years nine months. He is a former director of 3 companies now in liquidation. He was found guilty of 5 fraud charges and one perjury charge following a four week trial.
4 June 2010 - Mr Kevin Pollock , of Perth, WA, was sentenced to five years, four months jail, with a non-parole period of three years four months. The former director of of Perth-based property developers, the Pollock Group, was convicted on nine charges in relation to fraud involving over $3 million
8 June 2010 - Mr Joseph Kieng Ho Wong, a Malaysian citizen and Australian permanent resident, was to sentenced to five years imprisonment, to be suspended after 18 months, for misappropriating $330,000 from Austpac Projects.
11 June 2010 - Mr Rocco Mark Calabrese of Richmond, Victoria, has been jailed after pleading guilty to charges brought by ASIC for managing a corporation while disqualified. He was convicted and sentenced to a total of 8 months imprisonment to be released after serving 4 months on the basis that he give security of $1000 and be of good behaviour for period of 12 months.
15 June 2010 - Mr Keith Smith of Officer, Victoria, was convicted and sentenced to four months imprisonment which he will serve by way of intensive correction in the community. He was charged with managing a corporation while disqualified under the Corporations Act.
13 July 2010 - Mr Newton Chan of North Balwyn in Victoria was jailed for 20 months but will only serve 4 for market manipulation and lying to ASIC about trading he did in the teetering Bill Express whilst working for Macquarie.
22 July 2010 - Mr Christopher Koch of Point Cook in Victoria, was sentenced in the Melbourne County Court to 13 years and 2 months jail on charges brought by ASIC. Between 1996 and 1999, Mr Koch promoted a fictitious, international, high-yield investment program where investors were told they would receive returns of between 50 and 150 per cent in periods as short as 90 days. Mr Koch received $1,742,000 from 11 victims. Mr Koch is required to serve a minimum of ten years before release.
19 August 2010 - Mr Ian Rau, of Footscray Victoria, the former company secretary of Chartwell Enterprises was sentenced to two years and seven months imprisonment on eight charges. He is to serve 18 months jail before being eligible for parole.
24 August 2010 - Ms Susan Marie Palusi, of Kurnell, NSW, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, to be released after serving eight months and entering into a two year good behaviour order. Ms Palusi illegally facilitated the early release of preserved superannuation benefits while trustee of the Palusi Superannuation Fund.
3 December 2010 - Mr John Hartman, of Mosman, New South Wales, was to a term of four years and six months imprisonment on 25 insider trading related charge. Mr Hartman pleaded guilty to all charges which were committed while he was employed by Orion Asset Management as its equities dealer. Mr Hartman is to serve a minimum term of three years imprisonment before being eligible for parole on 1 December 2013.
17 December 2010 - former Streetwise director, Mr Kovelan Bangaru,was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months imprisonment and will not be eligible for parole until he has served 6 years and 4 months of his sentence. Mr Bangaru fraudulently obtained over $19.8 million from a number of financial institutions by providing false financial statements in support of various loan applications from companies of which he was a director.
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27 January 2011 - Mrs Hazel Bucello, the sole director of Victorian Finance Broking Services in Kew, will serve a minimum of two and a half years in prison before being considered for parole after pleading guilty to five counts of obtaining property worth $2,384,339 by deception, and one count of obtaining a financial advantage by deception worth $141,800. It was good to see a ponzi scheme operator locked up.
23 February 2011 - Tamara Newing, sentenced to 21 months on 10 counts of market manipulation in her father's company Genetic Technology but was released after a plea-bargain which delivered a guilty a plea.
9 September 2011: Graeme Rundle, the former Westpoint finance director was sentenced to 18 months on two counts of making false statements related to a $71 million financing scheme for a Sydney development but was able to convert this into an 18 month good behaviour bond.
19 December, 2011 - Stuart Ariff, the notorious liquidator was jailed for 6 years after being convicted on 19 criminal charges broughbt by ASIC related to his performance as liquidator of HR Cook Investments where he defrauded creditors by transfering $1.18 million to himself.
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