by admin | Mar 18, 2021 | News & Analysis
Financial intelligence regulator AUSTRAC will face questioning about its ability to effectively monitor and enforce breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-terrorism Financing Act, at a hearing scheduled to take place on Friday....
by admin | Mar 17, 2021 | News & Analysis
The teenage mastermind behind a high-profile hack on Twitter where well-known celebrities and valuable companies were used to promote a bitcoin scam, pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to three years in a Florida prison....
by admin | Mar 17, 2021 | News & Analysis
The scammers tricked Phoebe, who has power of attorney for her grandmother, by posing as an employee of the aged care home over emails. The family lost $375,000 from the sale of their grandmother’s home. Consumer Protection WA believes scammers are using spyware...
by admin | Mar 17, 2021 | News & Analysis
The pandemic has inspired a spike in online fraud and unregulated financial advice, but checking your adviser’s credentials and securing your online data can help, experts say....
by admin | Mar 16, 2021 | News & Analysis
The corporate cop is suing a short-term loan provider that charged interest rates of up to 43 per cent, for hundreds of breaches of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act over a two-year period that included the onset of the coronavirus crisis....
by admin | Mar 15, 2021 | News & Analysis
The former financial controller of an electronics business in Sydney’s north has admitted to stealing more than $1.6 million over an 11-year period, using an elaborate scheme which involved manipulating its payroll system to give himself extra money....
