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Australia‘s attractions being scammed by crime syndicate – 17 December 2019
It has been revealed that Australia‘s tourism industry is being targeted by an organised crime syndicate who are using a Chinese social network and stolen credit cards to scam popular attractions out of possibly millions of dollars.
http://itnews.com.au/news/australias-online-fraud-bill-comes-in-at-455-million-535768
The role of forensic science in criminal investigations – 17 December 2019
A good discussion by David Lacey (chair of Cyber Security), Dennis McNevin (professor of Forensic Genetics) and others who discuss the latest forensic techniques and discover how they are used to convict 21st century criminals.
ASIC sues TAL over alleged false statements – 17 December 2019
The corporate watchdog has launched Federal Court proceedings against TAL, over claims the life insurer made false statements to a customer, in the latest instance of legal action arising from the Hayne Royal Commission.
Cryptocurrency investors want body of defunct company founder exhumed to make sure he’s dead – 16 December 2019
Investors in a defunct cryptocurrency company (with 115,000 customers) want to confirm the death of the business’s founder by exhuming his remains. He held the virtual keys to a whopping $US137 million ($A199 million) in online currency kept in “digital wallets” when he died suddenly last year and investors believe he is still alive.
