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Mask wearing creates a face-recognition crisis – 24 September 2020
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.
https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2020/mask-wearing-creates-a-face-recognition-crisis.html
J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn – 24 September 2020
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co is set to pay close to $1.4 AUD billion to shut down regulatory and government agency probes into market manipulation allegations, on its precious metals and treasuries trading desk. This would be a record penalty for spoofing, an illegal form of market manipulation in which a trader places large orders to either buy or sell an asset, with no intention of executing the trade.
https://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/j-p-morgan-set-to-cough-up-us-1bn-173982332
Powerful Cardinal Resigns Amid Financial Scandal – 24 September 2020
The powerful head of the Vatican’s saint-making office, Angelo Becciu, has resigned suddenly and renounced his rights as a cardinal. This is due to being implicated indirectly in a financial scandal involving the Holy See’s investment in a London real estate deal, that has lost millions of euros in fees paid to middlemen.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/powerful-cardinal-resigns-amid-financial-scandal-11600984068
‘Mastermind’ imported drugs via dark web – 22 September 2020
Dov Tenenboim has pleaded guilty to using cryptocurrency over the dark web to purchase illicit substances and running a sophisticated wholesale and retail drug business.
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6936741/mastermind-imported-drugs-via-dark-web/?cs=9397
