Property buyers increasingly falling victim to conveyancer scam

Scammers are hacking into email accounts and tricking Australian property buyers into transferring them hundreds of...

10 May 2024

By Lauren Croft

Owner of funds in Melissa Caddick’s accounts unclear, court hears

Although the fate of accounts and assets owned by fraudster Melissa Caddick has mostly been finalised, the Federal...

14 November 2023

By Naomi Neilson

‘Architect’, co-conspirator of $105m Plutus Payroll scam jailed

Two key members of the Plutus Payroll scheme that robbed the Australian Taxation Office of $105 million have been...

22 August 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyer in $105m Plutus Payroll scandal sentenced

The lawyer and accountant who rose through the ranks of the Plutus Payroll scam to take on a “pivotal role” has...

04 July 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyer and accountant in $105m Plutus Payroll scam fronts court

A lawyer and accountant caught up in Australia’s largest fraud scam, which robbed the Tax Office of over $100...

29 June 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Victorian lawyer sunk client’s money into ‘bizarre’ scam

A former Victorian principal lawyer has faced criminal charges for stealing $420,000 from two clients’ estates and...

01 January 1980

By Naomi Neilson

Young jobseekers warned of recruitment scams

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has urged jobseekers — and young people in particular —...

09 January 2023

By Lauren Croft

Law firms caught up in major cyber scam

At least five global law firms with an active presence in the Australian market have been targeted in the latest...

24 November 2022

By Emma Musgrave

The importance of ‘securing’ data to prevent cyber crime

After a Gold Coast couple lost $40,000 in a property transaction scam, lawyers, conveyancers, and real estate agents...

07 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

Qld A-G Fentiman on the rise of scams

Queensland Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman joins The Lawyers Weekly Show to discuss the increasing prevalence of...

24 May 2022

By Robyn Tongol

Smaller firms are ‘increasingly common targets’ for scams

As law firms embrace new tech post-pandemic, firms need to be protecting themselves against scams more than ever moving...

24 November 2021

By Lauren Croft

‘Cycle of deceit’: The law firms buying into media scams to fool clients

Last month, a number of small law firms announced on their social media that they had been awarded a place on a top 10...

22 October 2021

By Naomi Neilson

Melbourne lawyer gets 12 years for ‘despicable’ scam

Chief Justice Marilyn Warren has slammed a former lawyer for “acting in a despicable way” in handing down a 12-year...

11 December 2014

By Priya Murthy