Scam White Collar Crime

[utility]

While the NDIS is good for those in need, it is also a gigantic rort and waste of money

I witnessed the sentencing of a woman years ago in a Centrelink fraud. Overclaimed 7k, Centrelink knew and did nothing about it. She overclaimed another 40-odd grand before they took her to court. Given the circumstances of the case she received no jail time.

I often thinks it's better to have absolutely bare-bone social welfare so as to avoid these types of rorts. NDIS is a pork barrel so will be hard to get rid of now.

 

[IAMDASH]

Adam Cranston... Come on down!

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/greedy-son-of-ato-boss-jailed-for-105m-tax-scam/news-story/09503acebcb2796493ebd847fa178adf

 

[jason_recliner]

Not a crime (perhaps, not yet proven at least) but it should be:

The head of the ACT Education Directorate did not seek legal advice when she overruled a decision by a tender evaluation process. Directorate director-general Katy Haire made overruled the advice of a tender evaluation team. A second evaluation was ordered by the directorate's delegate so Lendlease's scores could be inflated and Manteena's drawn down, which is what happened, but Manteena still came out the preferred candidate before a best and final offer process was undertaken.

Why this top public servant says she awarded a contract to a more expensive and lower scoring tenderer

That's a hell of an organisation the ACT governemnt is running

 

[jason_recliner]

How Chevron's 'sham' workforce spotlights the shadowy ways of big oil and gas companies​

Altrad, a global supplier of labour to the oil and gas industry, went on a buying spree in Western Australia. It snapped up nine locally registered private companies apparently specialising in oil and gas maintenance. At least five of them appear to have been labour hire firms. Three of these companies are now the subject of a wide-ranging investigation by Australia's industrial regulator, which found conclusive evidence one was little more than a sham. Altrad acquired the bogus company eight weeks after it had ratified a new workplace deal with its staff which, rather than improve on established industry conditions, actually undercut them. This deal was the company's only real asset.

Altrad's lawyers insisted it went ahead with the acquisition despite taking possession of no documents detailing the bona fides of the agreement. 10 days prior, Altrad's owner was handed an 18-month suspended jail sentence and an $83,000 fine by the central criminal court of Paris. The court found that in a bid to secure a huge marketing coup, Mohed Altrad had paid a €180,000 bribe to the head of France's rugby federation, Bernard Laporte, in an attempt to ensure the name of his eponymous company was emblazoned across the chests of France's national rugby team.

In the Fair Work Commission hearings which followed, the Commission found the process by which an industrial agreement was struck was "fake", and the instrument itself was found to be "lacking in authenticity and moral authority".

A 'sham' workforce in WA has exposed the shadowy ways of global oil and gas — and workers are paying the price

 

[jason_recliner]

PwC accused of misleading Senate over plan to sell consultancy business while publicly criticising idea at auditing inquiry in 2019​

You couldn't make this s##t up:

PwC caught out after telling Senate it was against 'separating' its businesses while looking for a seller in private

Would be hilarious if it wasn't our money being rorted. Crime of the Century and they're probably going to get away with it

 

[jason_recliner]

Donald Trump Jr testifies in New York fraud trial​

[TLDR]

He didn't know anything, he relied on their accountant. Accountant didn't know anything, he relied on Trumps

What you need to know about Donald Trump Jr's testimony in the trial which threatens his father's real estate empire

AIvanka Trumpbot will take the stand:

 

[jason_recliner]

Ivanka Trump tells New York fraud trial she had no role in Donald Trump's financial statements​

• Ivanka Trump has been questioned at a civil trial considering related allegations and penalties
• She said she did not recall providing valuation information for financial statements found to be fraudulent

Donald Trump Disguised Himself as Ivanka Trump