Fraud

NSW Police have put out a warning over a new type of phone scam circulating in recent weeks after receiving numerous reports from the public.

A Sydney man allegedly involved in moving millions of fraudulent dollars will face court, the sixth charged over the criminal syndicate.

A 42-year-old Perth woman who faked her death in a car accident to claim a $718,000 life insurance payout is due to be sentenced next month.

Police will allege the man made multiple applications for government relief grants for a total of $390,000, of which $40,000 was paid.

Research participants were confident they could pick a scam, but 31 percent of those tested fell for one of these.

The AFP charged the man in July 2020, after claims that he had accessed the super account in the hours following her death.

Three people are facing trial over an elaborate fraud scheme that allegedly tried to cheat National Australia Bank out of more than $21 million through fake bank vouchers.

Hundreds of the tags were believed to be in circulation, linked to fake payment methods, police say.

Entire bank accounts are being drained without victims being any wiser until they open them days or even weeks later.

Two women who attempted to steal $83,000 from the retirement savings of strangers by exploiting a pandemic aid program have been handed two-year sentences but released on probation.

Kingston, 34, and his 61-year-old mother, Janice Turner, have been charged with conducting an organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, identity theft and related crimes.

BF Borgers, Trump Media & Technology Group's independent accounting firm, was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with widespread fraud impacting more than 1500 filings.

The illicit platform taken down in a worldwide policing operation was a 'one stop shop' to help criminals trick their victims.

The American couple are accused of misspending $1.3 million in pandemic relief funds.

Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud case ever, state media Vietnam Net said.

Cash, documents, a gel blaster and fireworks have been seized as police investigate an alleged tax fraud of extraordinary scale.

In all, 22 people have been arrested and $986 million in assests have been seized as part of the investigation.

The former US president has staved off asset seizures as he appeals the conviction.

Damien Luscombe was trusted by some of Australia's most well-known musicians and restaurateurs to oversee their day-to-day accounts and finances.

The appeal ensures that the legal fight over Trump's business practices will persist into the thick of the presidential primary season

Those involved were current and former staff, who have since been fired or investigated.

A 48-year-old woman will face court for allegedly taking funds from at least 23 clients from their property transactions.

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.

It started after a bride allegedly took her custom wedding dress to a Far North Queensland bridal shop to have it dry-cleaned in September 2022.

The ATO refunded the pair more than $40 million before they were arrested and charged in 2018.

Consumers have been told to be wary of online bargains as social media and online scammers seek to take advantage of busy buyers and stretched budgets.

Former United States president Donald Trump returned to his New York civil fraud trial as a spectator after a month of assailing the proceedings from afar.

Day managed the Australian Idol winner via his company 6 Degrees between 2009 and 2017 before their relationship ended.

Under the deal, Shakira is to receive a suspended three-year sentence and a fine of $11.67 million.

It seemed like a lucrative job that many others were doing - until money stopped flowing into Josh's account.

Counterfeit ID documents are widespread in Australia due to criminal organisations on the dark web, according to new forensic research.

Caddick, a self-styled financial adviser, lived a life of luxury on the back of about $30 million stolen mostly from family and friends via an investment scam.

Sweetheart Island may have seemed like an ideal getaway for Florida businessman Patrick Parker Walsh. Instead, he’s serving five and half years in prison.

The 66-year-old was grieving the death of his wife and 'soulmate' when sophisticated scammers convinced him to invest.

The ex-president could be stripped of oversight of such marquee properties as Trump Tower.

Accounts were proving easy targets for cyber criminals who were tricking people to release their passwords and security ID, the government said.

Police allege the pair withdrew about $100,000 using cloned bank cards.

A NSW woman who successfully obtained more than $70,000 through fake tax claims has been jailed for almost two years for her crimes.

The financial planner lulled one client into a sense of security with visits to her retirement home, flowers and lunches.

The judge overseeing the former US president's fraud trial warned outbursts against officials would not be tolerated.

Donald Trump's court appearances are no longer distractions from his campaign to return to the White House. They are central to it.

Trump travelled to New York in person to deny claims of "persistent and repeated fraud" as a "scam" and "sham".

After the inquiry into her disappearance and sprawling scams had finally unraveled, the glitzy apartment is the final piece of her estate to be sold off to repay her victims.

Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to an amended indictment alleging fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges, appearing in court for the first time since his bail was revoked.

Payroll and money laundering scam siphoned off more than $105 million that should have been paid to the tax office.

The 36-year-old was found guilty in March of money laundering and conspiring to commit tax fraud along with four others.

The ATO launched Operation Protego in April last year to pursue the fraud, which led to a series of raids across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

Australia's richest person devised an "egregious" seven-step scheme to defraud her children and lie about it, a trial over billions of dollars in iron ore riches has been told.

The arrests came after Australian police were tipped off by the US Secret Service.

Caddick preyed on mostly friends and family to steal up to $30 million through her investment scam.