Beware of COVID-19 Scams
Aussies have been defrauded of millions of dollars since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, with Scamwatch reporting a significant escalation in scam operations over the past few months, including phishing for personal information, online shopping, and superannuation scams. According...
Dishonestly Using Position as a Company Director in Australia
Controversial Australian politician Clive Palmer faces a potential prison sentence after being accused of fraud and corporate misconduct. Mr Palmer was charged following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The investigation included a review of his...
The Offence of Dishonestly Obtaining a Benefit By Deception in NSW
Australian singer Guy Sebastian’s former manager has been charged with fraud, after allegedly dishonestly obtaining $1.15 million that should have been paid to the singer. Titus Day was recently arrested and charged with 61 counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage...
What Is the Crime of Fraud in New South Wales?
A 47-year old man and 38-year old woman from Surf Beach near Bateman’s Bay on the New South Wales South Coast have been charged with fraud under section 192E of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) for allegedly defrauding a bushfire...
Robodebt Class Action is Coming
Centrelink will be contacting hundreds of thousands of Australians in the coming weeks to notify them that they could be part of a Robodebt class action lawsuit against the federal government. About 13,000 people have already signed up to the...
Calls for Social Security Payments to be Permanently Increased
Sadly, for Australians living on the meagre $280 per week that was Newstart (recently rebranded to Job-seeker), it took a global pandemic for the Federal Government to implement a much-needed increase in the weekly payment. But it doesn’t look like...
‘Sports Rorts’ Scandal: 43% of Grants Were Ineligible
On the back of a politically controversial 2019, you might think Prime Minister Scott Morrison couldn’t possibly find himself embroiled in yet another public relations disaster. But the PM has proven us wrong, with the latest ‘sports rort’ scandal, another...
Should Catfishing be a Crime?
The parents of a 20-year old woman who disappeared after becoming a victim of catfishing, are now calling for the behaviour to be made a crime in its own right. What is catfishing? Catfishing is generally the term given to...
Man Sent to Prison For Defrauding Desperate Farmers
In the midst of the crippling drought affecting many parts of the nation, scammers have been preying on the vulnerability of who are desperate to feed their livestock. And recently, a man from Parkes was sent to prison for his...
The Offence of Public Mischief in NSW
A professor at the University of Technology, Sydney is facing court for allegedly making a complaint to police that she was the victim of harassing letters, when she actually sent the letters to herself. Police arrested and charged UTS professor...
