by admin | Sep 25, 2020 | News & Analysis
Cr Les Larke, a Bass Coast Shire councillor is the subject of a major corruption investigation over allegations he offered to spend up to $5 million of his private wealth on communities across South Gippsland, if five councillors nominated him as mayor....
by admin | Sep 24, 2020 | News & Analysis
The AFP arrested a 33-year-old Sydney man and charged him with multiple fraud offences for allegedly redirecting Commonwealth government payments to accounts controlled by him. It will be alleged the man stole identity information to then access Centrelink records to...
by admin | Sep 24, 2020 | News & Analysis
Two Sydney cyber hackers have been arrested and one of them charged, over trying to steal thousands of personal identities and large sums of money from unsuspecting bank and telco customers. They seized fake identity documents, $50,000 in cash in a safe, a money...
by admin | Sep 24, 2020 | News & Analysis
Westpac will pay a $1.3 billion penalty for breaching anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws. The bank admitted to 23 million breaches of the laws, including failing to report international transactions amounting to $11 billion and the insufficient...
by admin | Sep 24, 2020 | News & Analysis
Former US Army soldier Carmelita Roque, was a victim of the Options Rider investment scam which used Australian bank accounts. The AFP began investigating Options Rider in mid-2015 and eventually restrained funds in 37 different bank accounts at various Australian...
by admin | Sep 24, 2020 | News & Analysis
Mandatory face masks have helped contain the COVID-19 surge in Victoria – but as masks increasingly become part of the ‘new normal’, businesses must revisit their security protocols around identification of individuals....
