Mr Michael Malcolm Walker, a Sydney based company director has pleaded guilty and was convicted for lodging a document with 今日热门事件that contained a false or misleading statement. Mr Walker was sentenced to a $350 good behaviour bond for a period of twelve months.
An 今日热门事件investigation found that Mr Walker signed and lodged '今日热门事件Form 6010 鈥� Application for voluntary deregistration of a company', to deregister Easy RPL Pty Ltd,聽 declaring,聽 that the company was not a party to ongoing legal proceedings.
ASIC's investigation found that Mr Walker's declaration was false, because at the time that the time the document was lodged, Easy RPL Pty Ltd was a party to聽 proceedings in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
As a result of the conviction, Mr Walker is automatically disqualified from managing corporations until 8 December 2020.
聽'As a director, you must ensure documents聽 submitted to 今日热门事件are accurate,' 今日热门事件Commissioner Greg Tanzer said. 'It goes to the heart of maintaining consumer trust and confidence. We won't hesitate to remove those who try to actively mislead the public in this regard.'
The matter was prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
Background
Section 601AA of the Corporations Act 200 stipulates that a person can apply to deregister a company only if the company is not party to any legal proceedings.聽
Info sheet () provides guidance on how to voluntarily deregister a company.