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Staffer jailed for $1m fraud of film production company

Staffer jailed for $1m fraud of film production company

A 71-year-old woman will serve 20 months behind bars after admitting she defrauded her television and film production company employer of almost $1 million.

First person jailed under foreign interference laws

First person jailed under foreign interference laws

First person jailed under foreign interference laws

First person jailed under foreign interference laws

A former Liberal Party candidate will be jailed for at least a year after becoming the first person in Australia found guilty under foreign interference laws.

Advancing AI fuels ‘epidemic’ of online financial scams

Advancing AI fuels ‘epidemic’ of online financial scams

Advancing AI fuels ‘epidemic’ of online financial scams

Advancing AI fuels ‘epidemic’ of online financial scams

Criminal gangs are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to launch sophisticated and widespread online scams, experts have warned.

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'Inappropriate': Metro Tunnel workers faked timesheets

'Inappropriate': Metro Tunnel workers faked timesheets

The national regulator has found workers on Melbourne's $14 billion Metro Tunnel rail project falsified timesheets.

Man guilty of foreign influence asks to be spared jail

Man guilty of foreign influence asks to be spared jail

A Victorian jury found Di Sanh Duong guilty of planning to engage in foreign influence by handing a $37,000 cheque over to a minister for a hospital donation.

Tax office staff suspects in $2 billion GST refund scam

Tax office staff suspects in $2 billion GST refund scam

Up to 150 Australian Taxation Office staff are suspected of taking part in a social media scam that swindled $2 billion in GST refunds.

Trial begins over alleged major construction tax fraud

Trial begins over alleged major construction tax fraud

A trial over an alleged $13 million construction industry tax fraud is expected to take six months and include more than a hundred hours of secret phone calls.

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Final man sentenced over Australia's biggest tax fraud

Final man sentenced over Australia's biggest tax fraud

Final man sentenced over Australia's biggest tax fraud

Final man sentenced over Australia's biggest tax fraud

Tax cheats have been warned they cannot evade the law forever after a final jail sentence was issued over the $105 million Plutus payroll fraud.

'Blizzard of lies' tangled reporter in Plutus blackmail

'Blizzard of lies' tangled reporter in Plutus blackmail

'Blizzard of lies' tangled reporter in Plutus blackmail

'Blizzard of lies' tangled reporter in Plutus blackmail

Statements by a "proven liar" led a veteran crime reporter to be linked to the blackmail of the architects of a major tax fraud scheme, a court has heard.

Investment fund conman found dead on day of sentencing

Investment fund conman found dead on day of sentencing

Investment fund conman found dead on day of sentencing

Investment fund conman found dead on day of sentencing

Kenneth Charles Grace has been found dead on the same day he was due to learn his fate for siphoning millions of dollars from clients into his own bank account.

Police search for man who scammed $8.7m off investors

Police search for man who scammed $8.7m off investors

Police search for man who scammed $8.7m off investors

Police search for man who scammed $8.7m off investors

Police are warning people in Melbourne's east to be on alert for a scammer who is purporting to be a property developer.

Warrant for hedge-fund fraudster after sentence no-show

Warrant for hedge-fund fraudster after sentence no-show

Warrant for hedge-fund fraudster after sentence no-show

Warrant for hedge-fund fraudster after sentence no-show

Kenneth Charles Grace is wanted for arrest after failing to appear in court over his role in a fund that collapsed, leaving $24 million unaccounted for.

Alleged SMS scammer also accused of identity fraud

Alleged SMS scammer also accused of identity fraud

Alleged SMS scammer also accused of identity fraud

Alleged SMS scammer also accused of identity fraud

A man allegedly behind a scam that involved the sending of 17.5 million text messages has also been accused of using passports and licences to commit fraud.

Arrest warrant withdrawn for former AFL player manager

Arrest warrant withdrawn for former AFL player manager

Arrest warrant withdrawn for former AFL player manager

Arrest warrant withdrawn for former AFL player manager

Former player manager Ricky Nixon is accused of obtaining property by deception through the sale of fraudulent AFL memorabilia.

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Arrest warrant issued for ex-AFL agent Ricky Nixon

Former player manager Ricky Nixon is accused of obtaining property by deception through the sale of fraudulent AFL memorabilia.

Vitality King slams 'made-up' money laundering charges

A former male escort turned holistic healer has criticised allegations he was involved in laundering $1.6 million from six victims as weak and "imaginary".

Major seizure from probe into $80m dark net drug vendor

A 36-year-old man has been charged after an investigation into a dark net drug seller believed to be behind millions of dollars in illicit online sales.

Fraudster former MP's overseas trip blocked by court

Ex-MP Craig Thomson has been stopped from travelling to India to oversee a shipment as he awaits sentencing over grant money he used on his own expenses.

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Ex-MP, accused fraudster Thomson's India trip greenlit

A business trip to oversee packing of an edible plant is on the cards for disgraced former Labor MP Craig Thomson ahead of his sentencing and trials for fraud.

Former Liberal candidate guilty over Chinese influence

Di Sanh Duong has been found guilty of planning to engage in foreign influence by handing a $37,000 cheque over to a minister for a Melbourne hospital donation.

Fake physio jailed for $400k fraud, money laundering

A man who falsely claimed to be a physiotherapist has admitted defrauding the service station where he was employed as manager of about $400,000.

Father and son admit $260,000 boot scoot tour scam

A father and son who defrauded hundreds of people of money paid for line dancing tours and holidays have been sentenced to time already spent in jail.

'No case identical to it': $40m gold fraudsters jailed

Two men who engaged in an elaborate $40 million gold-selling tax-fraud scheme have each been jailed for eight years for ripping off the ATO.

Crackdown coming for million-dollar tax refund rort

Unsuspecting taxpayers are getting ripped off by unscrupulous crooks who steal personal information and hack their accounts.

Man charged with sending millions of scam text messages

Australians are warned to be wary of text and email scams containing unsafe links after a man was charged with sending millions of fraudulent messages.

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