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Two charged as part of investigation into international fraud syndicate at Cumberland – 23 June 2020
Cumberland detectives uncovered a sophisticated fraud syndicate operating out of India with Australian-based members collecting cash before electronically transferring the funds overseas.
Email scams skyrocket to $132m – 23 June 2020
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has revealed that invoices being intercepted and manipulated or emails impersonating a CEO, robbed Australians of $132 million in 2019. In 2020 phishing and other cyber-based scams will increase further, especially with lockdown restrictions associated with COVID-19.
https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2020/email-scams-skyrocket-to–132m.html
Protection of whistleblowers vital during COVID-19 – 22 June 2020
Professor A J Brown who is a board member of Transparency International, globally and in Australia, explains the importance of whistleblower protection during the COVID-19 pandemic. He claims that whilst protections for private sector workers were strengthened under federal legislation in Australia in 2019, he believes public sector whistleblower protections are lagging behind.
https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/protection-of-whistleblowers-vital-during-covid-19#
When even experts can’t tell a scam from the real thing – 22 June 2020
ASIC reports that Australians lost $2.5 billion to scammers over the past decade but actual losses were greater because one-third of people who were scammed did not report it.
