Archive for the 'Fraud' Category

Two Australian businessmen formally charged in Dubai

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Two Australian businessmen have been formally charged with fraud, almost six months since they were thrown into a Dubai prison.
Melburnian Matt Joyce and Marcus Lee, from Sydney, were arrested in January on suspicion of bribery while working on a development project for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government-owned Nakheel property group.
Joyce’s lawyer Martin Amad on [...]

Kerr boyfriend jailed over investor fraud

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Adrian Camilleri, disgraced former mortgage broker and ex-boyfriend of supermodel Miranda Kerr, has been sentenced to a maximum of 21 months in jail for misappropriating an investor’s money.
The NSW District Court on Wednesday sentenced the 34-year-old from Edgecliff, in Sydney, to jail with a non-parole period of nine months, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission [...]