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Four people linked with failed finance company Five Star will have to wait over a year before their case is brought to trial. A trial date of March 8, 2010, was set this week for Anthony Bowden, Nicholas Kirk, Marcus MacDonald and Neil Williams, who all face charges laid by the Companies Office.
They are charge under the Securities Act with offering and allotting debenture stock to members of the public without having a registered prospectus or investment statement.
All four are at large as they do not face a jail sentence. If convicted the maximum fine is $300,000.
Five Star was placed in receivership in September 2007 with a loan book of $65.5 million and owing 2300 secured debenture investors $54.4 million.
