by admin | Mar 7, 2018 | News & Analysis
Following suit from Facebook, who recently banned advertisements on the platform for ICOs, Twitter has become the latest social networking platform seeking to combat cryptocurrency fraud. Steps taken include tighter controls on fraudulent accounts and post history....
by admin | Mar 6, 2018 | News & Analysis
Canberra resident Crystal-Lee Lancaster allegedly used online dating platform Plenty of Fish to lure men, benefiting more than $200,000. She has been charged with 24 counts of obtaining property by deception, but will appear in court again later this month....
by admin | Mar 6, 2018 | News & Analysis
ASIC will now request insurers to provide more data and information about the use of surveillance. This comes amid concerns about the risk for financial inducements if surveillance results in a declined claim concerns in the highly unregulated private investigator...
by admin | Mar 1, 2018 | News & Analysis
Brisbane-based ANZ employee Justin Chung Pak Chia will face up to five years in jail, after allegedly using a false employee number to create a fake account. The account was used to steal $265,000 from a trust fund, in order to bet on the stock market....
by admin | Mar 1, 2018 | News & Analysis
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly issued a number of subpoenas to persons associated with initial coin offering projects, in an attempt to expose potential fraud and non-compliant activity in the market. ...
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | News & Analysis
A 35-year-old man from Sydney has been charged for committing fraud worth over $9 million. It is alleged that the man fraudulently diverted almost $10 million from a financial institution into a personal banking account, between June 2016 and August 2017....