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Sex scammers targeting Australians with threats to release intimate footage from Zoom calls – 19 February 2021
Attempts at online ‘sextortion’ are rapidly on the rise in Australia. Most commonly in an email threatening the recipient with the release of Zoom footage, the sender claims, they recorded of them masturbating.
Police charge man in major fraud investigation – 19 February 2021
The owner of two Queensland-based migration services companies has allegedly defrauded migrant visa card holders by offering to find them jobs as a pathway to permanent residency.
https://www.miragenews.com/police-charge-man-in-major-fraud-516666/
‘Roaring Kitty’ Sued for Securities Fraud Over GameStop Rise – 18 February 2021
Keith Gill, one of the most influential voices that pushed GameStop on the WallStreetBets Reddit forum, was hit with a lawsuit that accused him of misrepresenting himself as an amateur investor and profiting by artificially inflating the price of the stock.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/17/business/stock-market-today
Media await judge’s penalties for contempt over early Pell reports – 17 February 2021
Fourteen news outlets have pleaded guilty to a combined 21 charges of contempt of court for breaching a suppression order with reports published or broadcast in December 2018, in the days after Cardinal Pell was found guilty. Prosecutors want Justice Dixon to impose significant fines and convictions for what they say was serious offending.
