Hotel quarantine security provider Unified Security has gone into liquidation, a court has been told. Picture: Toby Zerna The firm responsible for security at a major Victorian hotspot hotel has gone into liquidation as it faces a lawsuit alleging the states second wave was its fault. Unified Security is the lead defendant in a class…
A federal judge’s ruling this week could shield the Sackler family from Massachusetts’ lawsuit over the family’s role in the opioid epidemic, and Attorney General Maura Healey is not happy about it. Healey was among the first state attorneys general to file lawsuits against both Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family – who…
A young Dublin father who said he was holding drugs, tobacco and a loaded firearm for others in order to pay off gambling debts has been jailed for four years. illiam Fagan (29), of Merchants Square, East Wall, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of cannabis for sale or supply, possession of…
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Aaron Drever talks to staff at The Fish and Chippery in Grey Lynn. Liquidator Gareth Hoole claims Drever helped negotiate the deal to buy the outlet. A fish and chip company with links to struck-off real estate agent Aaron Drever is in liquidation and officials plan to refer allegations of potential wrongdoing to police and…
The federal government appears to have declared war on retirement. Unlike other wars, this one isnt only undeclared, it wasnt even intended. But, intended or not, the federal government has taken a series of steps that have given us a war nonetheless. Ironically, this war began with Social Security in 1935. Rather than establishing a…
A DELIVERY driver who turned to smuggling cannabis in desperation after racking up a large gambling debt has been given a four-year suspended sentence for drugs possession. Muhammad Qaisar, aged 32, of Glanmire Road, Cork city, a Pakistani national, has no previous convictions except for a matter concerning a residency visa. Stopped in Dublin Garda…
A delivery driver living in Cork who turned to smuggling cannabis in desperation after racking up a large gambling debt has been given a four-year suspended sentence for drugs possession. Pakistani national Muhammad Qaisar, aged 32, of Glanmire Road, Cork City, has no previous convictions except for a matter concerning a residency visa. Garda Niamh…
Panellists discuss the possible impact of corporate failures on European banks coming out of the pandemic, and note central banks juggling act around digital currencies; unable to halt their arrival but still having to marshal progress and ensure the technology doesnt weaken financial stability. The session examined the structural trends in the financial sector that…
Bangkok, Jun 3 (EFE).- Malaysia has received 336 million ringgits ($81 million) from audit firm Deloitte as part of a settlement related to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, authorities reported Thursday. The country has so far received 16.386 billion ringgits ($3.9 billion) of seized and repatriated 1MDB funds, the finance ministry added in a…