ASIC has permanently banned former AFS licensee employee Mr Nicolai D'Lamartin, of Rosebery NSW, from providing financial services.

In 2014 Mr D'Lamartin was convicted of numerous counts of fraud and related offences under the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), including impersonating persons and creating and using false documents to gain a financial advantage, larceny and using and possessing other people's identification information.

ASIC Deputy Chair Peter Kell said: 'Banning unscrupulous operators like Mr D'Lamartin will ensure consumers can have trust and confidence in the financial services industry.'

Mr D'Lamartin's convictions came to ASIC's attention in the course of investigating the conduct of an AFSL holder in late 2015. He has the right to appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for a review of ASIC’s decision.

Background

On 27 February 2014 Mr D'Lamartin was convicted of the following:

• 3 charges of fraud under s192E(1)(a) of the Crimes Act whereby he impersonated another person to dishonestly obtain property belonging to another;

• 17 charges of fraud under s192E(1)(b) of the Crimes Act which included conduct where he impersonated another person to dishonestly obtain a financial advantage, or engaged in the unauthorised use of cheques, online bank accounts or credit cards to obtain a financial advantage;

• 2 charges of forgery under s253 of the Crimes Act whereby he falsified bank document and other documents in the names of others, with the intention of having someone else accept them as genuine;

• 1 charge of forgery under s254 of the Crimes Act whereby he used false documents to obtain bank cheques from bank accounts of others;

• 3 charges of larceny under s117 of the Crimes Act whereby he stole cash and property, including drivers licenses and credit cards, from others;

• 2 charges of dealing with identification information under s192J of the Crimes Act whereby he used identification information belonging to two people with the intention of committing fraud;

• 2 charges of possession of identification information under s192K of the Crimes Act whereby he possessed identification information such as drivers licences, credit cards and Medicare cards with the intention of committing fraud; and

• 1 charge of dealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime under s193C of the Crimes Act.

Mr D'Lamartin was sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of 3 years which commenced on 21 November 2012 with a non-parole period of 20 months.