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Banker hit with 121 fraud charges after company card spending spree – 9 January 2019
An ANZ bank employee has appeared in court on 121 fraud charges after allegedly misusing a company credit card repeatedly during a month-long spending spree.
Fraud trial kicks off for former Barclays CEO, who could face 10 years in prison for events around the 2008 financial crisis – 7 January 2019
Former Barclays CEO John Varley is among four defendants on trial for fraud allegations linked to 2008’s global financial crisis. The trial is set to take four months over charges related to the bank’s emergency refinancing arrangements from investors in Qatar during the crisis. It is the first jury trial for a chief executive of a major bank implicated in the crash. There is a possibility of a 10-year prison sentence for the defendants.
Fraud to Account for $130 Billion in Retail Losses by 2023 – 7 January 2019
New research has revealed that retailers, both online and offline, are falling behind when it comes to payment security, with Card-Not-Present (CNP) fraud to cost the industry $130 billion in the next four years.
https://www.powerretail.com.au/multichannel/fraud-130-billion-in-retail-losses/
How biometric monitoring can impact on your career – 5 January 2019
The world of biometric monitoring – which uses fingerprints, eye scans and other forms of checks to identify people – has opened up many exciting new opportunities for protecting safety and security. However could a “Biometric Mirror” algorithm impact a person’s career and liberty, if it monitors personal characteristics of employees?
