by admin | Dec 21, 2018 | News & Analysis
A woman will be sentenced next year after pleading guilty to defrauding an Armidale business of almost $90,000. She admitted to increasing her wages and conducted numerous unauthorised EFTPOS transfers into her own accounts....
by admin | Dec 19, 2018 | News & Analysis
A Melbourne man has avoided jail after defrauding a guide dogs charity of more than $200,000, so he could renovate his home and install a pool. He submitted false invoices to Guide Dogs Victoria (GDV), where he was a general manager, and misused the organisation’s...
by admin | Dec 19, 2018 | News & Analysis
Councils, schools, regulatory authorities and businesses have been targeted in the south-west by scammers. Emails are hacked and cloned, usually with an invoice for payment sent out that appeared legitimate, but BSB and banking account details had usually been altered...
by admin | Dec 18, 2018 | News & Analysis
Macquarie Group is circulating a memo warning about potential fraud, involving leasing brokers and their clients in retail banking, in relation to vehicle leasing. The bank also circulated a list of signs that brokers should use to detect inaccurate, or fraudulent,...
by admin | Dec 18, 2018 | News & Analysis
ASIC has alerted Australians to be aware of scammers, impersonating ASIC representatives in connection with an overseas trading platform across stocks, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies and indices markets. ASIC labelled investment scam as the “most lucrative method...
by admin | Dec 18, 2018 | News & Analysis
A great article explaining tax implications of cryptocurrency in tax returns and changes to Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. Includes details about the requirements to register digital currency exchanges with the Australian...
