Sarah Danckert

Sarah is a business courts reporter based in Melbourne.

After 34 days Customer A had burned $100,000 on TitanTade's binary options

Cashing in on the TitanTrade boiler room

It was a balmy summer's day in late June when an Australian businessman checked into the opulent Hotel Augustus in the glitzy Tuscan seaside retreat of Forte dei Marmi.

Joseph Gutnick declared himself bankrupt in July.

Shareholders up in arms over Merlin Diamonds vote

A group of aggrieved shareholders in Merlin Diamonds planning a board spill say they will report the company to the corporate watchdog after their fellow investors voted to increase the shareholdings of the family of recent bankrupt "Diamond" Joe Gutnick.