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ARITA, ASIC, ATO, Careers in Arrears, Conduct, Discipline, Judgment, Liquidators 13 December 2024

Ex-liquidator Peter Amos gaoled

Ex-liquidator Peter Amos before sentencing today. Former liquidator Peter Andrew Amos has been gaoled for a minimum two years, almost 12 months to the day after pleading guilty to six charges of dishonesty and unjust enrichment. Amos, who’s been living at Avoca while on bail, was handcuffed by corrective services officers and led from the court with his partner looking on after being sentenced to…

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ASIC, Conflict, Fees, Judgment, Liens, Liquidators, Receivers 23 October 2024

Court agrees: conflict disqualifies KPMG receivers

KPMG partner Will Colwell.KPMG partner John Lindholm.The sting in this tale’s clear. Don’t accept an appointment as receivers, fail to recover much in the way of assets, generate fees and costs that upset your appointor, create a conflict, assert your entitlement to a lien and then expect to be appointed as liquidators when the time comes.“…. the time must shortly arrive where the courts will,…