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Brisbane school principal charged with fraud and misconduct – 17 September 2020

John Leonard Webster, a former Wellers Hill State School principal has been charged with 35 serious criminal offences following a Crime and Corruption Commission investigation. It is suspected that he misused his Education Department-issued corporate credit card and dishonestly obtained money relating to school activities.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-school-principal-charged-with-fraud-and-misconduct-20200917-p55wo6.html – :~:text=By%20Jocelyn%20Garcia&text=A%20former%20Wellers%20Hill%20State,with%2032%20counts%20of%20fraud.

Drug kingpins, fraudsters and a jailed banker on database – 16 September 2020

Hundreds of Australian people smugglers, fraudsters, drug kingpins and a former Macquarie banker jailed for dealing ecstasy are named on a leaked Chinese database. The leaked database has been met with concern and alarm in Australia and will now form part of a Senate inquiry into foreign interference through social media.

https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/drug-kingpins-fraudsters-and-a-jailed-banker-on-database-20200915-p55vr1

Telstra to block Services Australia SMS phishing scams – 15 September 2020

Working with Services Australia and the Australian Cyber Security Centre, Telstra has piloted a new malicious text message blocking service on its network that stops impersonation attempts from reaching Services Australia customers. It will identify and rejects phishing text messages that appear to be sent from myGov, the government’s online services portal, and Centrelink.

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-to-block-services-australia-sms-phishing-scams-553339