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Multiple arrests over $3m immigration detention email compromise scam – 14 September 2018
A 43-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested by NSW Police for orchestrating a $3 million business email compromise scam under the noses of authorities from within Villawood immigration detention centre. The arrests and raids coupled with the large amount of cash is a significant embarrassment for the Department of Home Affairs which controls the facility.
Ex-APRA manager accused of rorting credit union while pocketing six-figure salary, court documents reveal – 13 September 2018
A former senior manager at Australia’s banking watchdog APRA is accused in a lawsuit of running an array of scams, including engineering sham payouts for his wife and ripping off the credit union that headhunted him as chief executive.
Bensons sues banks over $1m email fraud – 12 September 2018
Bensons Property Group who was defrauded of nearly $1 million in a sophisticated email scam, is suing the Commonwealth Bank and ANZ to recover the money. The fraudsters sent a last-minute email saying there has been a change of bank account and directed payment to a different account and then made other transfers.
Tech companies issue warning over government’s surveillance bill – 11 September 2018
Some of the world’s biggest technology companies have warned that a draft government bill intended to counter the use of encryption by criminals and terrorist groups could instead undermine user safety.
