by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | News & Analysis
12 stories this week: Melbourne couple sentenced to prison for $54,000 COVID-19 fraud – 24 July 2021 A man and woman living in Melbourne have been sentenced to prison over a series of fraudulent COVID-19 Pandemic Leave Disaster Payments (PLDP), totalling...
by admin | Jul 25, 2021 | News & Analysis
13 stories this week: SAPOL search uncovers stash of fake driver’s licences – 16 July 2021 An ongoing SA Police investigation into identity theft has seen four alleged offenders arrested after a search of a home uncovered more than 100 fake or...
by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | News & Analysis
15 stories this week: New data reveals AFCA received a whopping 70,000 complaints in the last year generating millions of dollars worth of refunds to Aussies – 8 July 2021 The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), a non-government ombudsman,...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | News & Analysis
12 stories this week: ASIC warns about social media-driven ‘pump and dump’ scams – 2 July 2021 “Pump and dump” is a scam in which criminals artificially inflate the price of a stock, by promoting fake news or positive depictions of...
by admin | Jul 9, 2021 | News & Analysis
10 stories this week: Not-for-profit fraudster tells court she was catfished by American soldier – 24 June 2021 A mother-of-two who stole almost $150,000 from a community not-for-profit while employed as a financial controller and coordinator, says she...
