by admin | Mar 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
Alinta Energy has been fined $280,000 after using sales agents, who fraudulently switched customers to new energy contracts without their consent, including using fake accents to impersonate customers in phone calls....
by admin | Mar 14, 2020 | News & Analysis
Detective Inspector Bowd who leads a 50-strong fraud squad, states that he is running about 40 jobs at any one time. These include drug shakedowns, blackmail & sabotage threats. He tells how crooks have moved from robbing banks to serious organised scams. He also...
by admin | Mar 13, 2020 | News & Analysis
Professor Suzanne Miller who held two top government posts in Australia is facing jail after admitting carrying out a £38,000 fraud. She misused corporate credit cards and claimed private health insurance when she was not entitled....
by admin | Mar 13, 2020 | News & Analysis
Matthew Michael Nair from QLD has been jailed for forging bank documents to secure $1.8 million in loans for properties and a Porsche....
by admin | Mar 13, 2020 | News & Analysis
Scammers are taking advantage of shoppers by falsely selling coronavirus products, setting up fake fundraising initiatives or setting up fake websites. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Scamwatch website has received 31 coronavirus-related...
by admin | Mar 12, 2020 | News & Analysis
Helen Mary Rosamond was committed to stand trial in the District Court in April on 74 fraud and dishonesty charges with an alleged total value of $26.7 million. She was charged alongside Rosemary Rogers, the former chief-of-staff to ex-NAB chief executive Andrew...