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Financial controller admits to stealing $1.6mover more than a decade from business – 15 March 2021
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.
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Two police officers plead guilty to false documents of Hunter ATO fraud | Newcastle Herald – 15 March 2021
While serving as police officers in the Hunter, Kathryn Marie Goddard and Paul Hunter McDonald pleaded guilty to tricking the Australian Tax Office into deliberately handing false documents and receipts to the auditor and fraudulently charging thousands of dollars.
Clamp down on cryptocurrency exchange to tackle cyber crime – 15 March 2021
Graeme Newman, an insurance expert say more must be done to clamp down on exchanges that allow cyber criminals to launder billions of dollars via cryptocurrencies.
APRA drops Westpac laundering case – 12 March 2021
The prudential regulator says Westpac Banking Corp’s anti-money laundering failings did not amount to a breach of the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) or the Banking Act and it has closed its investigation into the bank, two-and-a-half months after ASIC also shut its probe.
https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/apra-drops-westpac-laundering-case-20210312-p57a68
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