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NSW GP charged in medical certificate scam – 3 July 2020
A doctor and the 46-year-old man were arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into compulsory third party insurance fraud syndicates. False medical certificates were being submitted to universities in suspected attempts to avoid fees under the NSW government’s student visa training scheme.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/syd-gp-charged-medical-certificate-scam-172037432–spt.html
Protecting Australians from mobile porting scams – 3 July 2020
In May 2020, the Government announced the success of the testing of the mobile phone porting standard. The standard makes it mandatory for stronger identity checking, including multifactor authentication – to safeguard against mobile numbers being fraudulently ported or transferred.
https://www.miragenews.com/protecting-australians-from-mobile-porting-scams/
Wirecard administrator starts to dismantle defunct payments group – 2 July 2020
Wirecard collapsed into insolvency last week after revealing one of Europe’s worst accounting frauds in decades. An investigation is underway into suspected false accounting and market manipulation by the group’s former chief executive Markus Braun and others.
https://www.ft.com/content/c7c6a5f9-b34e-41ae-8e83-e884434b118e
COVID-19 (Australia): Much Has Happened on the Employment Front During COVID-19 – 2 July 2020
K&L gates international Law firm, discuss federal and state government law changes in the area of employment and workplace health and safety, during covid-19. They review issues around what makes a “casual employee”, workplace manslaughter legislation changes, wage theft bills, Sexual Harassment in the work place and more.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/covid-19-australia-much-has-happened-on-73480/
