by admin | Jun 14, 2018 | News & Analysis
Billy McFarland, the promoter of the disastrous Fyre Festival went back to defrauding people after he was arrested last year. He was rearrested Tuesday and charged with earning $130,000 by selling fake tickets to exclusive fashion, music and sporting events through...
by admin | Jun 13, 2018 | News & Analysis
Article talks about a civil case connected to an $8 million fraud by a former solicitor (Brody Clarke) with law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell. Clarke, which allegedly funnelled the clients’ funds into a personal Westpac bank account and gambled it away, faces criminal...
by admin | Jun 13, 2018 | News & Analysis
As the end of the financial year looms on June 30, it’s a peak time for scammers, who bank on hitting businesses and individuals with official-looking emails and texts from financial institutions, and government agencies including ASIC, Australian Taxation Office...
by admin | Jun 11, 2018 | News & Analysis
One of Australia’s largest financial advice firms, scandal-plagued Dover Financial, will shut down its business by early July, amid an ongoing investigation by ASIC on its client protection policy at the banking royal commission....
by admin | Jun 8, 2018 | News & Analysis
THE Uniting Church’s Queensland Synod is trying to recover more than a million dollars from a former group accountant for its agencies who was jailed two years ago for fraud....
by admin | Jun 8, 2018 | News & Analysis
Alleged corporate criminals could be able to negotiate penalties for serious misconduct and avoid convictions under a proposed new scheme....