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BBB Tips: Coronavirus contact tracing scams – 24 July 2020
Contact tracing scams are now becoming very common. A consumer may receive an unsolicited text message, email or social media message informing them they have been exposed to COVID-19, instructing them to self-isolate, and providing a link to download malware to their device. Alternatively, a robocall may inform the consumer of COVID-19 exposure, and when the consumer elects to speak to a representative, the caller will ask to verify personal information — potentially leading to identity theft.
https://www.chillicothenews.com/business/20200725/bbb-tips-coronavirus-contact-tracing-scams
‘Justice for the Iraqi people’: Unaoil executive jailed in massive oil corruption scandal – 24 July 2020
Ziad Akle was sentenced to five years in prison for his “leading role” in the Unaoil corruption scandal. With others, he plotted to bribe senior government officials so their clients could win lucrative oil contracts.
Cartel investigator took ‘no notes’, sent documents to personal email – 24 July 2020
The lead investigator (Michael Taylor) for the competition watchdog’s blockbuster criminal cartel case against ANZ and Australia’s biggest investment banks, sent several documents related to the case to his personal email address and did not take any notes in his official notebook about the investigation.
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Wire-wearing Novartis whistleblower gets $US109m award – 24 July 2020
The former Novartis sales representative Oswald Bilotta, whose whistleblower lawsuit against the drugmaker led to a $678 million settlement with the federal government earlier this year will receive an award of $US109.4 million. He accused Novartis in 2011 of routinely paying illegal kickbacks to doctors.
