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Many grandparents who have been actively involved in the lives of their grandchildren are affected when their children divorce or separate. A restriction on the time spent with their grandchildren, or a refusal to allow access to their grandchildren due...

Some corporate fraud by employees is not premeditated. it is opportunistic. Sometimes temptation overrides common sense. It is important that businesses have in place mechanisms to prevent fraud. In this video it explains a simple scenario. A laid off...

Solicitor resigns and fights against signed employment agreement In recent years the pros and cons of employment contracts have been hotly debated. When a solicitor in a country town resigned from his firm to work for another he was accused of being in...

How to protect your business from departing staff set on stealing from you The Australian Financial Review, on 15 October 2010, published a very helpful and insightful article called “Bosses’ Byte Back to Protect Secrets”. The article noted that...

When USA based WorldCom Inc fell victim to an $11 billion accounting scandal it resulted in the company filing for bankruptcy. In 2002 it was the largest bankruptcy in US history. Corporate fraud occurs in Australian businesses.  Most business fraud...

The Facts of Norco Co-Operative Limited v Kelly [2010] NSWSC 719 Employee HK worked for Norco from 26 March 2001 to 10 February 2009.  In the course of her employment she fraudulently and dishonourably misappropriated amounts totalling at least...

When ASIC investigators give you a notice of examination it means they believe you have information which will help them in an investigation. You do not have the "right of silence". The Situation A businessman who had had dealings with a particular...

Insider trading is difficult to prove without a paper trail but sometimes the signs are obvious. Studying the stock prices of major corporations over a one year period helped highlight that insider trading was taking place. In this Insider Trading video...

Insider trading laws in Australia have become far more relevant to the majority of the population. Traditionally insider trading was considered a white collar crime of a select few wealthy individuals with "inside" knowledge of businesses. Australia...

Preventing or dealing with workplace fraud or theft takes work. Preparation is a big part of this. Even just saying you will be doing background checks during an interview process may help weed out some people from ever being hired. Business owners...