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Crown Resorts not suitable to operate Sydney casino, inquiry finds – 10 February 2021
Crown Resorts has been deemed unsuitable to operate a new Sydney casino after a months-long public inquiry which exposed allegations of money laundering. The findings will have major implications for Crown’s flagship casino in Melbourne.
Bank worker pleads guilty to $3.75m theft a decade after CBA failed to report crime – 9 February 2021
A former Commonwealth Bank loan officer has pleaded guilty to stealing $3.75 million via falsifying loan documentation. He blew the money on “a lot of” cocaine and a lavish lifestyle whilst the bank failed to report his crime spree to police, a decade ago.
Luxury assets seized from Plutus tax fraudster – 8 February 2021
Taxpayers have retrieved almost $16 million in assets from one of the architects of the massive Plutus Payroll tax fraud by founder Simon Anquetil. Anquetil admitted to conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth by siphoning off taxes owed from the payroll business, into a complex network of companies over three years.
https://www.afr.com/wealth/tax/luxury-assets-seized-from-plutus-tax-fraudster-20210208-p570g2
Scammer refuses to give up password for bitcoin wallet worth $86 million – 8 February 2021
A fraudster in Germany is refusing to give up the password to millions worth of bitcoin – and police can’t crack the code.
