Ralan took $300M of apartment deposits as unsecured 15% loans, then collapsed
The Sydney developer had buyers release deposits as unsecured loans paying 15% interest, spent the cash, and went into administration owing $500M.
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2,000 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDPwC leaked Australia's tax-law plans to win clients — CEO out, nine partners stood down
PwC's tax head helped write Australia's anti-avoidance law, then the firm used the secrets inside it to sell avoidance schemes to multinationals.
Read the casePollen burned $200M and left customers unpaid as it collapsed
The travel startup cancelled 39 of 360 events, hid 'scam' comments, sat on refunds and missed pension payments before hiring Kroll to break itself up.
Read the casePharmally: P625,000 capital won P10 billion in COVID deals — and a P402M VAT question
The Duterte pandemic procurement's biggest winner had no track record; accountants found its input-VAT filings implied P3.3 billion of unexplained purchases.
Read the caseNuix floated on inflated forecasts at $5.31 — the stock hit $2.47 within six months
Nuix listed on the ASX in December 2020, soared to almost $12, then fell to $2.47 within six months as downgrades exposed the prospectus-reality gap.
Read the caseNaskar promised 2% a month outside regulation — 2,700 investors locked out of R$850M
The fintech co-founded by an ex-national volleyball star sold loan contracts promising 1.5–2% monthly — then its app went dark and payouts stopped.
Read the caseNant Whisky's barrel buyback wiped out investors — Tasmania's biggest fraud investigation
A Tasmanian distillery funded itself by selling investors their own whisky barrels with a guaranteed buyback — until the money stopped and the scheme imploded.
Read the caseLeaked NAB interviews: compliance risk sat 'red' for 20 months as bosses stayed confident
A whistleblower leaked 70 EY interviews from NAB's APRA-ordered review, showing red-rated compliance, weak financial-crime controls and a chairman unfazed.
Read the caseMossgreen raided client money to fund its losses — administrator urged criminal charges
Australia's biggest art auction house paid losses from a 'client bank account' and lost 27,000 consigned artworks; its CEO was accused of secret self-bidding.
Read the casemm2 Asia's S$230M cinema bet collapsed — Cathay liquidated as UOB chased S$74.6M
mm2 Asia diversified from hit films into debt-bought cinemas, then wrote off the cinema arm, suspended its shares and faced a bank demand 3x its market cap.
Read the caseMelbourne Storm cheated the NRL salary cap by $1.7M — stripped of two premierships
The club ran second books to overpay players for five seasons; the NRL stripped 2007 and 2009 titles, fined $500,000 and made it play 2010 for zero points.
Read the caseME Bank cut access to customers' own redraw mid-COVID — and reversed in a week
The industry-fund-owned bank quietly slashed redraw balances in a pandemic, left callers on hold for hours, then reversed after a week of national fury.
Read the caseMcLeod Russel: world's largest tea producer, insolvent over a Rs 100 crore loan
McLeod Russel, India's largest tea producer with 73,000 employees, entered insolvency in August 2021 over an unpaid Rs 100 crore inter-corporate deposit.
Read the caseL'Occitane closed 39 Brazil stores as au Brésil kept bleeding money
L'Occitane au Brésil, built to fight Natura and Boticário at home, was one of the group's biggest loss-makers — 39 stores closed, two years to break even.
Read the caseLaser Clinics' UK franchisees exited for £1 while customers lost pre-paid treatments
KKR's 200-clinic laser chain faced UK closures, £1 buy-back offers and BBC Watchdog scrutiny as franchisees alleged they were misled about costs and outlook.
Read the caseKS Energy's US$230M default put it under judicial management
OCBC won its bid to place KS Energy and KS Drilling under judicial managers after unpaid loans, idle rigs and 112 charges against ex-CEO Kris Wiluan.
Read the caseKPMG and Deloitte signed 1MDB's books clean, then said the reports couldn't be relied on
Malaysia's accounting regulator probed both firms over unqualified audits of the state fund, after each disavowed opinions it had signed.
Read the caseIrish Ferries cancelled 2,000 bookings on a €144M ferry that never arrived
A shipyard delay left Irish Ferries scrapping 10,000 people's July holidays and every France sailing of summer — €6.5 million and a trust deficit.
Read the caseIOOF paid super members with their own savings — APRA moved to disqualify its bosses
Instead of covering its own accounting error from corporate funds, IOOF compensated members out of the super funds it manages — and APRA went to court.
Read the caseIrish Nationwide's MD admitted not reading audit reports before its collapse
At a Central Bank inquiry into INBS's EUR5.4 billion collapse, Michael Fingleton admitted not reading audit reports or letters he signed to the regulator.
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