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Building confidence in external audit – 1 March 2021
The Parliamentary Joint Committee’s recommendations for the future of audit, stand to enhance transparency and boost confidence in audit without making fundamental changes to how audits are conducted. The recommendations, if implemented by the Australian Government, have the capacity to elevate confidence in external audit and reinforce its relevance.
https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2021/03/01/building-confidence-external-audit
Court rules to extradite disgraced jewellery mogul Nirav Modi – 1 March 2021
The celebrity jeweller at the centre of an alleged $US2 billion ($2.5 billion) fraud that rocked Punjab National Bank three years ago can be extradited to stand trial in India. Modi is believed to have fled India in February 2018 after he was accused of committing a multibillion-dollar fraud against Punjab National Bank (PNB), the country’s biggest lender.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/jeweller-in-2-5b-alleged-fraud-can-be-sent-to-india-20210226-p5766d
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ACT Police charge 46yo with 23 ECEC fraud offences netting over $480,000 – 1 March 2021
ACT Policing has charged a 46-year-old woman with 23 counts of obtaining property by deception, to the value of more than $160,000, during her employment with an early childhood education and care facility in Weston.
Former Victorian financial adviser charged with deception – 1 March 2021
Ahmed Saad, of Glenroy, Victoria, a former Victorian financial planner has been charged over dishonestly obtaining money from client super fund accounts as part of an illegal early access scheme.
https://www.miragenews.com/former-victorian-financial-adviser-charged-with-521098/
