Real corporate crime cases. Real results.

As corporate crime lawyers, we have represented a number of clients charged with corporate crime offences.

Doogue + George frequently give advice to individuals and companies that are either being investigated or want to look at the issues themselves. Often, this pre-interview or pre-charging work is the most important that an organisation can undertake to make their position safer.

Our case studies have been anonymised. We have changed ages and places of offence so as to make sure that people can not identify a client of ours from these case studies.

The case studies are provided to give you an idea of the scope corporate crime defence work we have covered and to offer an idea of penalties in certain cases.

If you have been charged with a corporate crime or white collar offence and need advice or representation, call 03 9670 5111 or fill out the form to the right of this page to contact one of our expert defence lawyers.

Read our latest corporate crime case studies

Recklessly Making a Misleading or False Statement to a Taxation Officer

This is a case study on recklessly making a misleading or false statement to a taxation officer by a health professional. The case involved dealings with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and ultimately resulted in a sentence of recognisance without conviction. What is alleged to have occurred? Our …

Failure to Lodge Tax Returns and BAS Statements – Fine

This is a case study on failure to lodge tax returns and failure to lodge BAS statements by a company in the hospitality industry resulting in a financial penalty. What is alleged to have occurred? Our client is a business that was accused of having contravened section 8C of the …

Strict Liability Offences – Good Behaviour Bond

This is a case study in strict liability offences that resulted in a non-conviction and good behaviour bond for a period of 12 months. What is alleged to have occurred? Our client was a Melbourne-based publicly listed company that was charged by ASIC with 8 offences under the Corporations Act …

Obtain Property By Deception and Deal With Proceeds of Crime

This is a case study on a plea of guilty to charges of obtaining property by deception and knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime. What is alleged to have occurred? Our client was alleged to have committed multiple charges of fraud amounting to more than $200,000. It was alleged that …

Obtaining Property By Deception – Bookkeeper

Our client was charged with obtaining property by deception whilst working as a bookkeeper, a position our client had held for several years. What is alleged to have occurred? It was alleged that our client redirected more than $38,000 from the business to personal bank accounts by overpaying suppliers and …

Obtaining Financial Advantage By Deception – Breach of Trust

Our client was an employee of a company. His role started off as a receptionist, then expanded over time to bookkeeping, payroll, invoicing, and computer maintenance. He did not have any formal qualifications to undertake this role.He had a long standing history of financial difficulty and accumulating debt. There was …

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