ob体育 has permanently banned Wayne Saman from providing financial services and engaging in credit activities and has cancelled the Australian credit licence of his finance broking company Freedom Financial Consultants Pty Ltd (FFC). ob体育 found Mr Saman had been involved in business practices that were fraudulent, misleading or otherwise improper.
This banning follows an investigation by ob体育 into Mr Saman鈥檚 conduct concerning two home loan applications that he had submitted to Auswide Bank for a family member and a close relation in December 2016 and September 2017. The loans were submitted through his finance broking company, which held an Australian credit licence.
ob体育鈥檚 investigation found Mr Saman was not of good fame and character and was not a fit and proper person to engage in credit activities because he knowingly submitted incorrect documents and information concerning the applicant鈥檚 financial situation in the loan applications. Mr Saman also failed to disclose that he had a personal relationship with the applicants. The failure to disclose the applicant鈥檚 correct financial situation and his personal relationship was intentional, untruthful and resulted in unjust benefits and exposure to additional risks. ob体育鈥檚 investigation concluded that the incorrect matters concerned material information in that it was information provided to support the relevant loan applicant and without which the loan application was likely to fail.聽
ob体育 also found that FFC had failed to notify ob体育 in its 2018 Annual Compliance Certificate that its fit and proper person, Mr Saman, had had his accreditation with Auswide Bank cancelled in December 2017, and his accreditation with the aggregator Custom Equity Group Pty Ltd (CEG) terminated in February 2018.
The banning of Mr Saman is part of ob体育鈥檚 ongoing effort to improve lending standards across the credit industry. The banning will be recorded on ob体育's publicly available Banned and Disqualified Persons Register.
Mr Saman has the right to appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of ob体育鈥檚 decisions.
Background
ob体育 issued FFC with an Australian credit licence in February 2011. Mr Saman is FFC鈥檚 sole director and fit and proper person under the licence.
From 21 January 2014 to 2 February 2018, Mr Saman was accredited with the aggregator CEG. The accreditation permitted Mr Saman to submit loans to Auswide Bank.
In November 2017, Auswide Bank notified ob体育 of Mr Saman鈥檚 conflict of interest in the two loans. In December 2017, CEG cancelled Mr Saman鈥檚 accreditation with Auswide Bank and suspended his membership. In February 2018, CEG terminated Mr Saman鈥檚 accreditation.
Editor's note:
On聽26 July聽2019, Mr Wayne Saman and FFC聽filed applications in the AAT for review of the ob体育 delegate鈥檚 decisions.
Editor's note 2:
On 2 April 2020, Mr Wayne Saman and FFC聽withdrew their applications in the AAT for review of the ob体育 delegate鈥檚 decisions.聽Consequently, ob体育鈥檚 permanent banning of Mr Saman and cancellation of FFC's credit licence remain in place.