Fraudulent GST claims have led to more than 100 arrests, 10 convictions, and compliance actions taken against as many as 56,000 people.
August 17, 2023The Advisory Board agreed to develop a naming convention for scams that will underpin the data sharing and analytics needed to disrupt scams.
July 24, 2023A number of government agencies, including ASIC, are reviewing contracts with PwC Australia over confidentiality breaches.
June 6, 2023The lawyer allowed proceeds of crime to be received and transferred out of his legal practice’s trust account.
March 23, 2023A new taskforce has seized over AUD 250 million in cash and assets from money launderers since December 2022.
March 19, 2023Angela Ang considers findings from the first empirical study of crypto-related court cases in Australia, and what this means the crypto crime and enforcement landscape.
March 16, 2023Police seized over AUD 150 million in assets including crypto, and charged nine individuals including a NAB banker with money laundering.
February 3, 2023The operation involved law enforcement agencies in 25 countries including Singapore and Australia, supported by Europol, Eurojust, INTERPOL and the EBF.
December 7, 2022Medibank refused to pay a $10m ransom to hackers, who have since released information linking individuals to drug addiction, alcohol abuse, abortions and mental health treatment.
November 18, 2022"Operation Guardian" will protect those who had their data released online. Regulatory changes will enable better coordination to detect and mitigate cyber, fraud and scam risk.
October 7, 2022