A former
Aussie Home Loans credit representative, Shiv Prakash Sahay was convicted and sentenced yesterday in the Downing Centre Local Court on charges relating to a home loan fraud worth $7 million.
Sahay, from Lidcome NSW, was sentenced to 350 hours of community service work on three charges of making false statements, making false documents and using false documents in home loan applications submitted for his clients to
Bankwest and Suncorp.
“The reputation of the lending industry depends on mortgage brokers and other credit representatives acting honestly and in compliance with the credit laws. ASIC will vigorously pursue offenders involved in falsifying loan documents and other statements for their own financial benefit,” ASIC commissioner
Peter Kell said.
Kell says ASIC continues to focus on misconduct involving loan fraud, which often involves mortgage brokers. Since becoming the national regulator of consumer credit in 2010, ASIC has achieved brought criminal proceedings against 11 people, resulting in seven convictions for various offences and four defendants currently before the Courts.
Thirty-four individuals or companies have also been banned from providing credit services or precluded from holding a credit licence, including 18 permanent bans or cancellations.
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions prosecuted the matter.
