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Former Kimberley College principal Paul Thomson charged with fraud, along with daughter and son-in-law – 18 September 2019
Principal of a private Logan school (Paul Thomson) and three of his family members, have been charged with fraud offences over the financial management of the school.. It has been alleged $4.6 million of college money was taken and used for items including luxury holidays.
Cyber fraud hits superannuation, share accounts – 17 September 2019
An alleged $10 million international identity theft syndicate, has drained at least 70 Superannuation and share trading accounts.
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/cyber-fraud-hits-superannuation-share-accounts-531100
https://coingeek.com/crypto-laundering-scheme-exposed-in-australia-resident-faces-charges/
Scared Chinese communities across Australia rinsed of $1.5m in cruel scams – 16 September 2019
The Chinese community in Australia is the prime target of two “cruel” and elaborate extortion scams, resulting in more than $1.5m being stolen from victims.
PayPal cautious about future of Libra cryptocurrency – 14 September 2019
PayPal is concerned about the future of Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra which will roll out in 2020. Central banks, governments and regulators question how it would be regulated.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/paypal-cautious-future-libra-cryptocurrency-014013911–spt.html