Kristian John Convery of Melbourne was today convicted and sentenced by the Melbourne Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to acting as a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor while disqualified and falsifying audit documents.

The Court sentenced Mr Convery to a Community Corrections Order, specifically the undertaking 60 hours of unpaid community work.

Mr Convery pleaded guilty to two charges as acting as an SMSF auditor despite being disqualified by ASIC, and one charge of dishonestly falsifying documents with the intention of obtaining gain.

An ASIC investigation revealed Mr Convery continued to act as a SMSF auditor between June 2024 and January 2025, providing audit services for four tax agents and completing SMSF audits while prohibited from doing so.

Mr Convery was also charged for creating 47 false SMSF audit reports and a related letter for the purposes of obtaining a gain between July 2024 and January 2025.

The Court heard Mr Convery provided completed SMSF audit reports in another registered auditor's name, despite that auditor having neither participated in the audits nor authorised the use of their details. Mr Convery then invoiced the tax agents for completing the audits.

The matter was prosecuted by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (CDPP). 

Background

Effective from 15 May 2024, Mr Convery was permanently disqualified by ASIC from acting as a SMSF auditor (24-215MR).

Charges were laid against Mr Convery in November 2025 (25-290MR).