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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...

Business fraud costs everyone in a company. Policies and procedures for businesses help prevent and identify fraud. This American news report gives some insight into the problem. The video includes a case of a former trusted book keeper of a...

Mark Bouris raises Contempt of Court case against former directors The Situation - Ignoring Interim Freezing Order In June 2009, Mr Mark Bouris became the chairman of TZ Ltd. Mr Bouris is well known as the star of The Apprentice reality TV show and as...

Luna Park Sydney has had a long and sometimes turbulent history in Sydney. The Amusement park is located on the north side of Sydney Harbour at Milsons Point. It's smiling face has been part of Sydney landscape for much of the park's life since it opened...

Macquarie Bank's sale of loan book creates problems for clients The facts behind the case Mr Goodridge (the Borrower) entered into a margin lending loan arrangement with Macquarie Bank in May 2003.  On 8 January 2009 Macquarie Bank sold their “loan...

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) have a free report Occupational Fraud: A Study of the Impact of an Economic Recession available from their website. ACFE President James D. Ratley, CFE says "Desperate people do desperate things....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has found a North Sydney Solicitor guilty of advising eight of his clients engage in activity which breached the Corporations Act. This significant case sends a warning to all business advisors....