Industry News
- Investigation & Fraud News – Week ending 12 December 2025Lawyer accused of extracting firm data fails to bolster defence – 5 Decemeber 2025 A lawyer, previously employed at a law firm — is accused of extracting confidential data from that firm with the intention of using it to set up a rival firm. The lawyer tried to strengthen his defence by filing new pleadings, […]
- Investigation & Fraud News – Week ending 5 December 2025Bali’s darkest secret has finally been exposed – 30 November 2025 The article outlines that behind the tourist-friendly image of Bali lies a “murky side”: a pattern of serious crimes — deaths, suspicious deaths, and disappearances — that often go un investigated or are mishandled. Several high-profile or alarming incidents are cited as examples: a […]
- Investigation & Fraud News – Week ending 28 November 2025Bendigo and Adelaide Bank probe flags money laundering, terrorism financing control gaps – 25 November 2025 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank commissioned Deloitte to investigate “suspicious activity indicative of money laundering” at one of its branches. What Deloitte uncovered, however, was far broader: systemic deficiencies in the bank’s anti money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing […]
- Investigation & Fraud News – Week ending 21 November 2025Ombudsman delivers youth offending warning to Victorian government in extraordinary intervention – 14 November 2025 In an unusual move, ombudsman Marlo Baragwanath has written to Victorian MPs, warning the state government’s crackdown on youth offenders will have adverse effects on children in detention. She says there has been a 20 per cent increase in allegations […]
- Investigation & Fraud News – Week ending 14 November 2025Mar wanted to be a professional basketballer. Desperate for money, he turned to selling drugs – 9 November 2025 The article centres on Mar Riek, who at age 13, facing financial strain at home and a strong interest in basketball, turned to selling drugs after joining a gang in Melbourne’s outer south-east. The story notes […]
- Investigation & Fraud News – Week ending 7 November 2025Lawyers admission revoked, name struck from roll for dishonesty – 31 October 2025 A lawyer practising in the Law Society of the Northern Territory jurisdiction had her admission to the legal profession revoked, and her name struck from the roll of legal practitioners, because she breached her duty of candour. The Court found Patricia May […]
- Investigation & Fraud News – Week ending 31 October 2025WiseTech offices searched by AFP and ASIC over share trading allegations – 28 October 2025 The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have raided a WiseTech office in Sydney. ASIC and the AFP executed a search warrant requiring the production of documents regarding alleged trading in WiseTech shares by […]
- Investigation & Fraud News – Week ending 24 October 2025Fourth largest telco confirms cybersecurity breach impacting 1600 Aussies – 19 October 2025 An Australian internet provider has reported “suspicious activity” as they become the latest telco to face a cybersecurity incident. Vocus, which is the parent company for Dodo and iPrimus, said in a statement that 1600 home internet and mobile customers had been […]
- Investigation & Fraud News – Week ending 17 October 2025ASIC seeks compensation from Equity Trustees over Shield failure – 10 October 2025 The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has updated its claim against Equity Trustees to seek compensation stemming from the losses incurred by investors due to the failure of the Shield Master Fund. The $480 million Shield scheme, which was available on the […]
- Investigation & Fraud News – Week ending 10 October 2025Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report – 5 October 2025 Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including three non-existent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal […]