https://www.asic.gov.au/about-asic/news-centre/find-a-media-release/2025-releases/25-317mr-asic-sues-bdo-audit-and-its-director-dean-just-alleging-materially-false-or-misleading-audit-reports/
ASIC sues BDO Audit and its director Dean Just alleging materially false or misleading audit reports
Published 22 December 2025
Background
On 1 March 2024, Dubber released an announcement to the ASX that as part of the audit review process for its 31 December 2023 half-year accounts, the Company had become aware of inconsistencies in respect of funds that had been held on behalf of the Company by a third-party trustee. A preliminary investigation by the Company had uncovered that funds, purported to have been held in a term deposit account, may have been applied for other purposes and were not currently available to the Company. The Company’s maximum exposure was stated to be $26.6 million
AFR article:
https://www.afr.com/technology/dubber-sues-auditors-bdo-for-negligence-over-missing-funds-20250617-p5m803
Dubber sues auditors BDO for negligence over missing funds
June 17, 2025 – 2.21pm
Dubber Corporation is suing its former auditors BDO in the Federal Court, alleging the firm’s negligence contributed to $30 million of company funds being misappropriated by its former chief executive and an associate.