CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 31 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
An Australian man was convicted and fined $1000 by the Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday (29 January, 2026) for providing false or misleading information to the directors of a multinational publicly listed company.
The man, 65, who resides in France, was charged in 2021. He pleaded guilty to the following charge relating to two incidents from October 2010:
* One count of providing false or misleading information - or omitting material information - to the directors of a corporation, without having taken reasonable steps to ensure that the information was accurate, contrary to section 1309(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
The matter was pro...