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Warning over bitcoin scam using celebrities such as Dick Smith and Waleed Aly to ‘endorse’ product – 10 July 2020
An online scam using celebrity names to ‘endorse’ it, costs an elderly man more than $80,000 in life savings. A cybersecurity expert says there has been a 27 per cent increase in online scams over the past three months.
Zipmex warns of rise in crypto-jacking during Covid-19 – 10 July 2020
A lot of inexperienced people have turned to cryptocurrency as an alternative way to make money. This inexperience combined with more time spent at home on personal computers, has led to a significant increase in crypto-jacking. A good article explaining crypto-jacking and how this can be prevented.
https://mozo.com.au/fintech/zipmex-warns-of-rise-in-cryptojacking-during-covid-19
Fourth Plutus tax fraud conspirator sentenced to jail – 10 July 2020
Devyn Hammond has been sentenced to four years jail with two and a half years without parole, after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to cause loss to the Commonwealth and laundering almost $150million. The fraud involved Plutus Payroll skimming pay as you go tax and GST through a network of second-tier companies headed by dummy directors over three years.
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Wirecard’s local sales process begins – 10 July 2020
An auction for scandal-plagued Wirecard’s Australian and NZ operations is set to start next week as local customers scramble to distance themselves from the group.
