by admin | Jul 23, 2019 | News & Analysis
Thousands of dollars are being lost by WA victims who are led into falling for grant or lottery prize scams by Facebook friends, who have had their profiles cloned. The victims are then lured into a claims process that requires them to provide personal and financial...
by admin | Jul 20, 2019 | News & Analysis
ASIC is investigating a group of people it suspects is involved in the identity theft of 33 victims and setting up fake trading and bank accounts to steal $2.44 million in shares. It is suspected the money was spread around the syndicate using cryptocurrencies and...
by admin | Jul 19, 2019 | News & Analysis
A woman who died after being hit by a bus in Sydney was facing multiple charges from a $2m luxury fraud scam and drug offences. The accused stole identity details from real people, then created more than 300 fake bank accounts....
by admin | Jul 19, 2019 | News & Analysis
A Melbourne couple lost $900,000 of their retirement funds after falling victim to an elaborate crypto scam. They invested via a cryptocurrency trading website that promised high returns....
by admin | Jul 19, 2019 | News & Analysis
Article provides a summary of the new laws and protections for whistleblowers for Australians in the private sector. Changes include who qualifies, what is a disclosable matter, who to make a disclosure to and what constitutes detriment....
by admin | Jul 18, 2019 | News & Analysis
A military lawyer (David McBride) who blew the whistle on alleged war crimes by Australian troops is determined to declassify information at the centre of his case. McBride has been committed to stand trial charged with theft of commonwealth property, three counts of...
