Anne Driscoll

The consumer watchdog has put out a scam warning after nearly $1 million in investment fraud losses were reported to its ScamNet agency during the past month.

A Scarborough-based paving business and its sole director have been fined a total of $20,000 for falsely claiming it was a member of the Master Builders Association.

A northern suburbs property manager has been banned from the industry for five years for failing to deposit income from rental properties into a trust account.

Chartered accounting and advisory firm PKF Lawler has appointed Nikki Shen as a partner in its audit and assurance team. Ms Shen previously served as audit director for William Buck, where she worked for eight years. Prior to that she was audit manager in Moore Stephens’ Singapore office.