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BUSTED: Authorities take down $10 million crypto money laundering ring in Spain – 11 May 2019
In a joint effort with Spanish law enforcement, Europol has dismantled a large-scale cryptocurrency money laundering operation that was offering services to other criminal organisations. They used curreny gained through illicit means and converted it to cryptocurrency in order to hide its origin.
https://micky.com.au/busted-authorities-take-down-10-million-crypto-money-laundering-ring-in-spain/
Blueprint Greece’s Parent Aussie NGO Wins Financial Times Award – 10 May 2019
The role of “Blueprint for Free Speech” (a Melbourne Based group) is to ensure the truth reaches from whistleblowers to the public, including through journalists . The group helped pass wider protection for whistleblowers in the EU and was awarded a prestigious Finanial Times award.
Should Auditors Be Responsible For Catching Corporate Fraud? – 9 May 2019
Experts have raised concerns over why the big4 Auditors (Price WaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, EY and KPMG) were unable to detect and prevent several high-profile corporate collapses and fraud schemes in recent years. A public survey shows, they want auditors to play a bigger role, including helping to prevent corporate collapses, environmental, social and governance [audits], business strategy and tackling fraud.
https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2019/corporate-audit-accounting-fraud-big-four/
Hackers steal $41 million worth of bitcoin from Binance cryptocurrency exchange – 8 May 2019
Hackers have stolen bitcoin worth $US41 million ($58 million) from Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges using Phishing, viruses and other means. This the latest in a string of thefts from cryptocurrency exchanges around the world.
