by admin | Sep 20, 2018 | News & Analysis
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it recently shut down several “initial coin offerings” (ICOs) which were either illegal or using misleading statements in their marketing and stopped the issue of a product disclosure...
by admin | Sep 19, 2018 | News & Analysis
NSW Police have arrested and charged four members of an alleged organised crime ring that used online banking to create more than 300 fraudulent accounts. The raids come after the Financial Crimes Squad set up Strike Force Kurraka in January to target large-scale...
by admin | Sep 19, 2018 | News & Analysis
Victorian councils can improve the way they use people’s personal information gathered via their security cameras, an auditor-general’s report has found....
by admin | Sep 18, 2018 | News & Analysis
Fraudsters have found a new, innovative way to steal money. As data breaches proliferate, countless stolen identity credentials and other critical information are ending up in the hands of these fraudsters, who are then able to pose as legitimate users behind the...
by admin | Sep 17, 2018 | News & Analysis
Victims of an Adelaide woman who falsely claimed she had ovarian cancer to dupe hundreds of thousands of dollars out of friends and family have told of the devastating impacts it had on their finances and relationships. Kelly Val Smith was found guilty of four counts...
by admin | Sep 16, 2018 | News & Analysis
The major banks face years of rolling litigation and potentially billions of dollars in additional compensation out of the Hayne royal commission, as plaintiff law firms prepare a series of test cases over mortgage lending practices and regulators target other areas...
