Nurse Charged with Fraud for Allegedly Falsely Recording Vaccinating a Teen
A nurse who allegedly falsely recorded administering a COVID-19 vaccine to a teenager has been charged with fraud. Western Australian police arrested and charged 51-year old Christina Hartmann Benz with fraudulently recording that the 15-year old boy had been given...
Sydney Criminal Lawyer Loses Appeal Against Finding of Deceptive Conduct
A Sydney-based criminal defence lawyer with ties to conman Peter Foster has lost her appeal against a decision made by the Supreme Court that both she and Mr Foster engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to a fraudulent...
Donald Trump May Face Criminal Charges
Former United States President Donald Trump is currently defending 29 civil lawsuits, and he’s also the subject of multiple criminal investigations, including one into whether he personally, along with the Trump Organisation, committed various offences of fraud – including bank,...
Sydney Solicitor Sent to Prison for Stealing from Clients
A 64-year old former Sydney solicitor who pleaded guilty to 10 fraud charges, and his 63-year old wife who pleaded guilty to two charges of dealing with the proceeds of crime, have been sentenced in Downing Centre District Court. Former...
Paltry ‘JobSeeker Raise’ Will Not Increase Employment or Help the Economy
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison did what many Australians have been wanting him to do for some time - announce a permanent raise in the rate for the JobSeeker allowance. The bad news is that Jobseeker (formerly Newstart,...
Operating a Financial Services Business Without a Licence in Australia
New South Wales Police believe that missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick is still alive, despite the fact she has not been seen since she disappeared without a trace on 12 November 2020. Ms Caddick did not take her mobile phone,...
The Offence of Fraud in NSW: Law, Defences, Penalties and Sentencing Considerations
A 58-year old former employee of a sports club in Southern New South Wales has been charged with fraud after allegedly obtaining more than $1.1 million dishonestly and by a deception between December 2020 and January 2021. It has been...
What is the Offence of Larceny in New South Wales?
Five people will face Campbelltown Local Court over the alleged theft of salmon from Huon Aquaculture Ingleburn, a fish processing plant in Sydney’s south-west. The group, consisting of three men and two women, were all employees of the business and...
The Netflix Access Scam: How Did the Mastermind Do it?
A Sydney IT professional is facing prison time after pleading guilty to criminal charges involving a scam that made him almost a million dollars over a three-year period. Software developer Evan McMahon’s sophisticated scheme was originally uncovered by the FBI,...
NSW Premier’s Office Accused of Corruption
The potentially unlawful shredding of documents relating to $252 million in grants could finally be the nail in the coffin of New South Wales’ Premier Gladys Berejiklian, The story so far A NSW Parliamentary Committee investigating the $252 million Stronger...
