Australia bank error recipient will not be prosecuted

Getty Images Christine Jiaxin Lee used the error to buy luxury goods, authorities had claimed Australian prosecutors have dropped charges against a Malaysian woman who allegedly withdrew A$4.6m (£2.6m; $3.5m) following a banking error. Christine Jiaxin Lee, 22, was alleged to have spent much of the sum on luxury items, such as jewellery and handbags.…

Kitchen Deposit Scammers Shut Down Amid Phoenix Fears

Customers complained they did not receive the kitchens they had paid deposits for to Smart Choice Kitchens Limited and Empire Kitchens and Bathrooms Limited A phoenix company, Connect Kitchens Limited, was suspected of being set up to continue the same operation The three companies, connected by a shared director, were shut down in court following…

Trade Ministry Denies Its Import Relaxation Causes Sritex to Go Bankrupt

Jakarta. Trade Minister Budi Santoso has denied that the recent ministerial regulation on import relaxations had caused the downfall of Indonesia’s textile giant Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex). The Semarang commercial court recently declared Sritex bankrupt, thus potentially causing 50,000 people to lose their jobs. Earlier this year, then-Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan issued a ministerial regulation…