by admin | Feb 11, 2020 | News & Analysis
The criminal trial of a Queensland doctor accused of defrauding Medicare out of more than $350,000 continues. He claimed benefits for people that had died and for the period of time he was overseas....
by admin | Feb 10, 2020 | News & Analysis
Mr Andrew Eric Young was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment on Friday 7 February 2020 after being found guilty by a District Court jury of 19 offences, including 17 counts of insolvent trading and 2 counts of fraud....
by admin | Feb 10, 2020 | News & Analysis
Business Email Compromise (BEC) — where hackers steal the login details of people in supplier/vendor organisations to issue fake invoices or change bank detail requests — is becoming a major issue for local companies....
by admin | Feb 9, 2020 | News & Analysis
In November, the racing world was abuzz when lawyer Mark Scott was found guilty of bank fraud and money laundering by a US federal court jury for his role in the OneCoin scam. Witness testimony implicated Amer Abdulazis Salman in the case and now Phoenix Thoroughbreds...
by admin | Feb 9, 2020 | News & Analysis
The consumer watchdog said Australians reported almost 4000 dating and romance scams in 2019, with victims losing an average of $19,000 each. Some individuals lost $1 million. In 2018, there were 3981 reports of romance scams, with losses of $24.6 million, in...