Former Wickham Securities CEO charged
The former CEO of collapsed debenture issuer Wickham Securities Ltd today faced court charged with various offences, including fraud, following an ASIC investigation.
Garth Peter Robertson, 49, of Brisbane, Queensland, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with 10 counts of fraudulently obtaining more than $760,000 from Wickham Securities between December 2010 and November 2012. Mr Robertson was charged with a further count of fraudulently obtaining $15,000 from Balmain NB Corporation Limited in November 2010.
Mr Robertson was also charged with nine counts of giving or permitting the giving of false information about Wickham Securities to its trustee, Sandhurst Trustees Ltd, and one count of falsifying books relating to the affairs of Wickham Securities in 2012.
Mr Robertson was not required to enter a plea and was bailed.
The matter will return to the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 28 May 2015.
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is prosecuting the matter.
Source: ASIC – Former Wickham Securities CEO charged
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