Australia’s corporate regulator is seeking to wind up Sydney investment firm Capital Guard after concerns about missing investor funds and alleged use of fake bonds, according to multiple reports. All three outlets say the case involves approximately $17 million that cannot be accounted for, prompting questions about how the company handled investor money.

The reports describe a liquidation process initiated by the regulator, which is seeking to end the company’s operations through court action. The regulators’ concerns centre on the integrity of documents and financial arrangements associated with investor products, including claims that bonds provided to investors were not genuine.

While the outlets focus on the regulator’s application and the scale of the missing funds, they present the same core allegations: that Capital Guard has not properly handled investor funds and that there may have been misconduct connected to bond instruments. The reports do not indicate a final court outcome, and details about individual investor impacts are not expanded beyond the overall figures and allegations cited.