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Canberra woman who traded in work vehicle to buy own car jailed over $160,000 – 27 November 2017
Trisha Mooney, 44, has been sentenced to three years in jail after defrauding her Canberra employee, Transport Industries Skills Centre, of $160,000. Mooney used her corporate credit card to pay for personal expenses, used her position to make unauthorised payments to herself and traded in a car owned by her employer to purchase a personal car. The fraud was discovered by the CEO during an internal review of finances.
First charges laid in Unaoil bribery scandal – 18 November 2017
In November this year, UK corruption investigators laid the first chargers in the Unaoil oil scandal, that originated from leaked letters and emails in 2015. Monaco based company Unaoil was exposed as a facilitator running a global network of middlemen fronting for western companies seeking lucrative contracts. The fraud office has also issued extradition requests for the Ashani family, who own and run the firm.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/first-charges-laid-in-unaoil-bribery-scandal-20171117-gznelf.html
Former Supreme court judge named new head of Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog – 15 November 2017
Justice Robert Redlich is set to become the new Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption commissioner from January 1 2018. Bringing nearly 50 years of experience, Redlich will be installed for a 5 year term, replacing Stephen O’Bryan.
Saudi anti-corruption probe finds $100bn was embezzled – 9 November 2017
Saudi-Arabia’s attorney general claims that over $100bn has been misused through systematic corruption in recent decades. Currently, 201 people are being held for questioning, as part of an anti-corruption sweep that is currently underway.
