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Brazen heist: Sydney lawyer impersonated client in $10m fraud – 29 June 2018
Brody Jack Clarke, 36, pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court to stealing millions of dollars from media mogul Bruce Gordon. Brody was charged with eight counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception.
Should your business accept bitcoin payment? – 29 June 2018
Despite the volatility of cryptocurrency – and the tax status of the so-called “altcoins” as a digital asset rather than currency – two of the Big Four accounting and audit firms already accept payment in bitcoin. Should you too accept payment in cryptocurrency, or are the risks too great? Four experts give their opinion.
https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2018/07/01/should-business-accept-bitcoin-payment
Two people charged over email scam, NSW – 29 June 2018
A man and a woman will face court next month after being charged over alleged email scams netting more than $70,000, NSW Police say.
Business email compromise scams generally target companies who pay accounts electronically. Generally, the perpetrators will ‘spoof’ or compromise corporate executive email accounts and send email requests to an accounts payable employee for an electronic funds transfer.
https://www.miragenews.com/two-people-charged-over-email-scam-nsw/
Dozens summoned to appear in public examinations over alleged tax evasion scheme 28 June 2018
Accountants, lawyers, a former liquidator and a migration consultant have been caught up in an investigation into a massive alleged tax-evasion scheme that raises further questions about Australia’s corporate regulatory system.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-28/phil-whiteman-summons-alleged-tax-evasion-scheme/9916788
