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Fraudster sentenced to jail time over homemade machine – 14 December 2018
A computer genius who built his own “fraud machine” allowed him to change his voice, making it easier to pretend to be genuine bank customers when speaking to the banks over the phone, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Widespread mortgage fraud by Zenik Finance, loans issued by big four banks – 14 December 2018
Zenik brokers who made nearly $1 billion in home loans for the big four banks and Macquarie Bank, has been found to make fraudulent mortgage applications using fake bank statements and signatures, fictitious jobs and fabricated payslips and letters of employment.
Bitcoin scammers are sending bomb threat emails to millions around the world, but authorities are confirming ‘NO DEVICES have been found’ – 14 December 2018
Extortion emails demanding recipients send $US20,000 in Bitcoin to a particular Bitcoin address, state that failure to send the payment would result in that person’s workplace being blown up by an explosive device.
Optometry owner jailed for $4 million Medicare fraud – 14 December 2018
Tisha Thi Thi Phan who was the operator of an optometry business in south-west Sydney has been jailed for at least three years for defrauding Medicare by more than $4 million. He submitted almost 30,000 claims for more than 49,000 optometry services that were not actually provided to patients.
