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Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... a $150 million bank fraud case. According to reports from the Sydney Morning Herald, Jamieson Vincent, who belonged to a crime group linked with the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, pleaded guilty two days ago to money laundering on the first day of a four-week ...

Attack of the million-dollar virus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... 43 per cent of those surveyed ranked security as their top issue, ahead of natural disasters, terrorism and traditional crime. The scale of the problem is highlighted by Symantec's study, which found all of the 2,100 businesses surveyed across 27 countries ...

Standard Life fined $4m for bad marketing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... and not misleading" and customers have not been treated fairly," said Margaret Cole, director of enforcement and financial crime at FSA.

Westpoint exec faces court

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The former chief financial controller of the Westpoint Group of companies, Graeme Rundle, has appeared in court following two criminal charges brought by ASIC. Rundle, of Perth, Western Australia, appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court, Sydney ...

Financial Standard finalist in ACSI Media Award

... "Underbelly Inc." The article exposed weaknesses in Australia's corporate governance regime that were used by underworld crime figures to manipulate the stock market and seize control of legitimate businesses. "This award encourages good journalism and ...

Identity thieves target planner clients

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... other Australian businesses, are increasingly targeted by criminals looking to steal clients' personal details. According to Crime Stoppers Australia, Australian businesses are placing their customers and staff at risk of identity fraud through sloppy ...

Industrial espionage turns viral

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at online security firm F-Secure, said there have been cases overseas where organised crime would target certain finance professionals within a bank or a finance firm and spend weeks profiling those people. For ...

Veljkovic caught for super crimes

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Melbourne man Karl Heinz Veljkovic has been sentenced to two and half years imprisonment in relation to the misuse of superannuation funds. The Court ordered that six months of the total sentence be served concurrently. Veljkovic, of Beaconsfield, Victoria ...

AVG targets hacker behaviour

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... should look at behavioural technology and website pre-scanning as key tools in their fight against identity theft and cyber crime, according to IT security firm AVG. Global internet security firm has added another feature to its software where it constantly ...

Advisers caught for market manipulation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Two former client advisers have been found guilty of market manipulation following ASIC investigations. According to a statement by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Rocco Musumeci and Richard John Wade were yesterday handed custodial ...