Case studies

The case study discussed here concerns Operation Persei, which was originally launched in 2020, but has since concluded with 5 convictions, and the crackdown of the fraud syndicate.

The case study discusses the historical case of Sabra v Regina, with the aim of providing a prime example of fraudster motivations, and how best to consider countermeasures in light of fraudster motivations.

The UK Serious Fraud Office has convicted the director of an airplane parts supplier for manufacturing aircraft parts without proper documentation.

In an interview with Yahoo Finance, an Australian accountant has recounted how she helped stop fraud against the ATO and her client.

A Department of Defence employee, his wife, and a Northern Territory construction firm director have been charged with conspiracy to channel $71 million in construction contracts to their own company.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) have worked together to bring charges against the owner of a Perth occupational therapy business for allegedly submitted fraudulent treatment claims to the DVA totalling more than $7 million.

The AFP has charged a Sydney man for smuggling an encrypted communications device into a correctional facility.

A Sydney man has been charged with allegedly dealing with $3.5 million in proceeds of crime after a corporate email was fraudulently used to deceive an unidentified Northern Territory Government Agency.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has found corrupt conduct by an SES official in the Department of Home Affairs, due to her interference in recruitment processes.