Case studies

A Victorian childcare fraudster has been sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and ordered to repay $1.7 million to the Department of Education for defrauding Australia’s childcare system.

Former US college football star Joel Rufus French, once signed to the NFL team the Green Bay Packers, has been convicted for involvement in a $200 million scheme to defraud the US Government.

An Adelaide receptionist, Ms Lauren Tozer, has been sentenced to more than four years in jail after pleading guilty to defrauding Medicare of $1 million.

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.

A Victorian childcare fraudster has been sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and ordered to repay $1.7 million to the Department of Education for defrauding Australia’s childcare system.

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.

A joint investigation by the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) and the Office of the Health Ombudsman (OHO) has uncovered an alleged $2.2 million kickback scheme within the south-east Queensland public health system involving Princess Alexandra Hospital and medical device supplier Medivance.

A case study from an AFP scam alert involving fraudsters disguising themselves as AFP officers involved in scam disruption.

A new case study concerning the fraud allegedly conducted by former senior NSW local council employee Martin Thomas Dimec.

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