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This email subject line could well be a business scam – 22 March 2019
Research shows that Australian businesses are no longer being targeted via malicious attachments on email accounts. Instead human language (such as “follow up”, “are you at your desk” etc) is being used and there’s no indication that it’s spam or malicious.
Swiss regulator probes UBS Australia’s $1.2b PNG loan – 15 March 2019
One of UBS Australia’s most lucrative financing deals is being investigated for possible breaches of Swiss law, after a controversial $1.2 billion loan to Papua New Guinea left the Pacific nation with heavy losses.
Retail Food Group hoses down concerns it is in financial strife, but regulators could start circling – 15 March 2019
Retail Food Group (RFG) is accused of continually opening new outlets, some of which were unlikely to be viable, to profit from upfront fees. RFG directors will be investigated, over allegations of insider trading, tax avoidance, breaches of consumer law and other market disclosure failings.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-15/rfg-hoses-down-concerns-it-is-in-financial-strife/10902194
Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months for financial fraud – 14 March 2019
US President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, was sentenced to almost four years’ jail this week, having been found guilty last August of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of failing to disclose foreign bank accounts.
