by admin | Jul 16, 2018 | News & Analysis
A group of elderly Aussies, were swindled out of their life savings by convicted conman Bradley Sherwin, who is now serving a minimum four-year jail sentence for fraud. By the time the facts were determined and a legal case formed, only two years of fraudulent...
by admin | Jul 15, 2018 | News & Analysis
Chinese officials shut down an online gambling ring that had accumulated $US1.5 billion in bets made on World Cup matches using cryptocurrencies like ethereum, bitcoin, and litecoin. The gambling ring was a pyramid scheme where recruiters could profit off of other...
by admin | Jul 15, 2018 | News & Analysis
Tax return time is known to spawn an influx of scammers. This has prompted the Australian Taxation Office warn of the dangers of putting your personal information in the wrong hands. Article talks about how to protect your employer, clients and family from identity...
by admin | Jul 11, 2018 | News & Analysis
According to the Australian Federal Police, staff and former staff are responsible for 70 per cent of business fraud, while the Australian Retailers Association estimates 55 per cent of stock shrinkage is due to employee theft. Different surveillance laws are...
by admin | Jul 11, 2018 | News & Analysis
ASIC has banned a former branch manager of a big four bank from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services for seven years as a result of loan fraud, just days after banning two of his colleagues for similar offences....
by admin | Jul 9, 2018 | News & Analysis
With millions of cameras and billions of lines of code, China is building a high-tech authoritarian future. Beijing is embracing technologies like facial recognition and artificial intelligence to identify and track 1.4 billion people. It wants to assemble a vast and...
