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US bank whistleblower gets to take home $72 million – 6 June 2020
A whistleblower tipped-off the US Securities and Exchange Commission about a currency manipulation scheme at the Bank of New York. The bank was accused of giving pension funds less-than-desirable exchange rates, helping the bank make massive profits from the difference.
Rental scam: Hopeful tenant distraught after losing bond, rent in scam involving Geelong house – 6 June 2020
A man signed a fake lease and transferred $1600 to the scammers for the bond and two weeks’ rent for a property, he had earlier inspected through a real estate agency.
New phishing campaign disguises malware as CV attachments – 4 June 2020
Fake emails with subject line ‘applying for a job’ are being sent to workplace email addresses. Once open the malware attempts to hijack private information, credentials from users from passwords and cookies stored in web browsers. Attackers can then exploit these acquisitions to make financial transactions.
https://securitybrief.com.au/story/new-phishing-campaign-disguises-malware-as-cv-attachments
ATO launches legal action against accounting giant PwC, meat processor JBS – 4 June 2020
The Australian Tax Office has launched legal action against accounting giant PwC and meat processing firm JBS in an escalation of its ongoing conflict with the ‘big four’ firm over tax avoidance. The ATO believes accounting firms excessively using ‘legal professional privilege’ (LPP) to withhold facts or evidence or to make false and misleading statements that could conceal fraud or lead to tax evasion.
