by admin | Jun 22, 2018 | News & Analysis
It is alleged that the chief executive of real estate development company Majella Group accepted $5 million from a Chinese entrepreneur, who sought to invest the money. Instead, Mr Monsour allegedly channelled the money into other investments, including a US ski...
by admin | Jun 21, 2018 | News & Analysis
A new take on a classic fraud, the overpayment scam catches cabbies out. Victoria Police did not comment but Scam Watch, run by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, reports 176 “overpayment scams” were recorded in May this year alone, costing Australian...
by admin | Jun 21, 2018 | News & Analysis
The former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank has received a six-year prison sentence after his conviction for a €7.2bn fraud and false accounting at Ireland’s failed lender....
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | News & Analysis
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is performing fewer investigations, issuing fewer breach notices and completing fewer criminal cases than the regulator has at any other time over the last three years according to information provided by the...
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | News & Analysis
Researchers at Purdue University have found a new way to get surveillance cameras to “talk” to the people they see. The system is called PHADE, which stands for “private human addressing”, and it enables cameras to send messages to...
by admin | Jun 17, 2018 | News & Analysis
The Lower House of the South Australian Parliament has approved the long-stalled reform, which would allow journalists to refuse to disclose confidential sources without fear of fines or prison....