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Dual fraud trial: prosecution opens case against couple – 12 June 2019
Prosecutors have claimed that former Dual Australia employee Josie Gonzalez and her husband Alvaro Gonzalez submitted more than 400 fraudulent invoices to steal $17.4 million from an underwriting agency.
https://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/dual-fraud-trial-prosecution-opens-case-against-couple
‘Elaborate’ Uni Fraud Scamming Aussie Businesses Of Millions – 12 June 2019
A new elaborate scam is using the identity of University Procurement Services and provides instructions to deliver the products (e.g laptops and defibrillators) to a warehouse. The business provides payment details to receive an electronic transfer and the goods are delivered; however, the money is never paid and is not able to be recovered. One business has already lost $500,000 alone.
State Budget focus on improved protections for Queensland seniors – 11 June 2019
QLD State Government has allocated a 3.5mil for delivering services to provide information, advice and support to seniors who at risk of, or are experiencing abuse in the form of physical and emotional abuse, financial abuse and financial scams.
https://www.miragenews.com/state-budget-focus-on-imporved-protections-for-queensland-seniors/
New service to protect Queensland seniors from financial abuse – 10 May 2019
Seniors in 10 Queensland communities will be able to access free independent financial advice to help protect them from financial abuse, thanks to $400,000 per annum in Palaszczuk Government funding.
https://www.miragenews.com/new-service-to-protect-queensland-seniors-from-financial-abuse/
