Man jailed for stealing $450,000 from Australia Post via family's Ongerup business

1 week, 1 day ago

Deliberate wage theft now a crime nationwide

ABC

Samantha Donovan: Hello, happy new year and welcome to PM for 2025. David Taylor: So it's your sort of educated forecast that the Reserve Bank would have one eye out for that $0.60 against the greenback level in terms of its impact on inflation? Alison Xiao: Just before New Year's Day two years ago, Jade Wendt got a phone call …

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1 week, 6 days ago

How Christianity was weaponised to justify theft in Australia

ABC

All the major religions say stealing is wrong, but in a messy world of disadvantage and exploitation, is the morality of theft always clear cut? "Consider the theft of generations of Aboriginal children that government committed, and institutionalisation of those children, most of them given to churches to train up to be indentured labour in this country," Dr Pattel-Gray says. …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Postal Service worker accused of swiping cash, coins and $281,000 worth of checks from the mail

LA Times

Postal Service worker faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison if convicted of fraud, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Postal Service worker was arrested Thursday on suspicion of swiping more than 20 checks from the mail and depositing $281,000 into various bank accounts under her name, authorities said. Joivian Tjuana Hayes, 36, of Compton, was charged with …

Compton Hayes Checks Postal Service Coins According Postal Service Worker

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Victims of Post Office Capture software promised ‘redress and justice’

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has pledged to “work quickly to provide redress and justice …

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Victims of second Post Office software Capture promised ‘redress and justice’

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Postmasters who were victims of faulty accounting software before the Horizon …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

5 heroin traffickers return to Australia after almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons

The Independent

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Man wrongly branded bank card fraudster awarded €193,000 damages

Dutch News

A man who was mistakenly identified as a fraudster has been awarded €193,000 compensation after turning down an initial offer of €15,000 by police. Images of the man were published online after an elderly woman’s bank card was used to buy groceries in a Jumbo supermarket. They showed a man who had nothing to do with the fraud or theft …

Man

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Comedian Sunil Pal given ₹20K from ₹7.5 lakh ransom by kidnappers for flight: Report

Hindustan Times

After being held hostage for 24 hours by five men in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, Mumbai-based comedian Sunil Pal was handed ₹20,000 in cash to help him return home. Comedian Sunil Pal was kidnapped, demanded ₹ 20 lakh, but settled for ₹ 7.5 lakh. The kidnappers, who had lured Sunil Pal under the pretext of organising a comedy show, initially demanded …

Mumbai Lakh Pal Meerut Sunil Pal Comedian Sunil Pal Flight Report

1 month ago

Blessings from god before theft? Thief's last-minute stop before looting ₹1.6 lakh

Hindustan Times

A man broke into a petrol pump in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh to steal money but not before he sought divine intervention to help him be successful in his endeavour. In a CCTV video, the masked man is captured entering the petrol pump office with calculated stealth. Take a look at the video here: Police also said that at the time …

Petrol Pump Cctv Video

1 month ago

Shocking moment woman confesses stealing her elderly uncle's life savings to fuel her drug habit leaving him unable to afford his care home

Daily Mail

Sacha Goulden from Biggleswade took money from her uncle Alan Haydon, 71 This is the shocking moment a woman confessed she stole £200,000 from her elderly uncle, rinsing him of his life's savings. But after further interrogation, detective sergeant Anne Ward and investigative officer Dave Brecknock made Sacha admit that the costs were actually purchases of Class A drugs. This …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Australian police seize record cocaine haul worth £400m as ‘mothership’ remains out of reach

The Independent

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Drug Jay

1 month, 1 week ago

Australian police arrest 13 people and seize a record 2.3 tons of cocaine from a fishing boat

Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Australian police seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine and arrested 13 people in raids after the suspects’ boat broke down off the coast of Queensland, authorities said Monday. The drugs had a sale value of 760 million Australian dollars and equaled as many as 11.7 million street deals if they had reached the country of …

Jay Million Australian

1 month, 1 week ago

Indian-origin Australian businessman held for printing fake dollars in Gujarat

India Today

Gujarat Police has cracked down on a fake currency racket, arresting four individuals, including the mastermind, Maulik Patel, an Indian-origin Australian citizen. After incurring significant losses in his transport business, he came up with the idea of printing Australian dollars here in India, said a senior official of the Ahmedabad police’s Special Operation Group, reported news agency PTI. Police kept …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Man Held for Swindling Over ₹2.79 Cr in Chit Fund Scam

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad:The Cyberabad economic offences wing police arrested Appampally Surya Pratap Reddy of Chandanagar for allegedly swindling one Nasar khan of over `2.79 crore in a chit fund scam. Man Steals From Relative’s Shop Hyderabad:The Mangalhat crime team police arrested two persons for a theft of `17.50 lakh worth kitchen hardware. Cops Arrest Duo With 18kg Ganja Hyderabad: The Government Railway …

Credit Victim Man Card Sho Fir Arrested

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jaipur man, 72, defrauded of Rs 8 lakh in hour-long digital arrest scam

India Today

An elderly man in Rajasthan's Jaipur was extorted nearly Rs 8 lakh after being held in a virtual digital arrest by cybercriminals for over an hour. The incident took place on November 15, when the 72-year-old resident of Bajaj Nagar received a video call from an individual claiming to be a senior police officer. The caller alleged that a money …

Laundering Case

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Digital arrest: Man from Assam held for swindling Rs 92 lakh

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: A 38-year-old man from Assam was arrested by the cyber crime wing of the Central Crime Branch Chennai on charges of swindling Rs 92 lakh from a central government employee in a digital arrest scam. The caller claimed that the victim’s Aadhaar-linked mobile number was involved in money laundering and an arrest warrant was issued against him. The police …

Digital Arrest Bora Rs 92 Lakh

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Odisha man steals ₹20 lakh, hides it in cow dung as cops close in

Hindustan Times

A huge cache of cash has been discovered hidden within a pile of cow dung in a village located in Odisha's Balasore district in a joint raid involving police teams from Hyderabad and Odisha, an official said on Saturday. A team of police officials from Hyderabad and Odisha reached the village and raided the house of the in-laws of accused …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Man who stole and laundered roughly $1B in bitcoin is sentenced to 5 years in prison

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices — and then spent years laundering some of the hacked cryptocurrency with help from his wife — was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison. Ilya Lichtenstein masterminded one of the largest-ever thefts from a virtual currency exchange before he and his wife, Heather …

Prison Money Trump Bitcoin Prosecutors Funds His Wife

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Military clerks at a counter terrorism base 'stole nearly £1million and splashed it on hair transplants and teeth whitening in Turkey', court hears

Daily Mail

Military clerks at a counter-terrorism base 'stole almost £1million' and spent the money on luxury items, hair transplants and teeth whitening procedures, a court has heard. Southwark Crown Court was told how a catastrophic failure of financial checks and balances allowed eight serving soldiers and a civilian accomplice to make hundreds of bogus claims from the Ministry of Defence. Cpl …

Turkey Lance

2 months ago

Panchkula: Threatened with son’s ‘arrest’, elderly man duped of ₹5.5 lakh

Hindustan Times

A 69-year-old resident of Sector 16 lost ₹5.5 lakh to a fraudster posing as a police officer, claiming the man’s son was involved in a murder investigation and had been detained. The fraudsters continued to pressurise Anil Kumar Sehgal for more money, warning him that legal complications could escalate if he did not pay up. According to complainant Anil Kumar …

Son Lakh His Son Sehgal

2 months ago

Wei Wang learns fate over $33m money laundering racket

Daily Mail

A man will spend more than two years behind bars for running a sophisticated $33 million money laundering operation. Wei Wang learnt his fate at Melbourne's County Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to four counts of dealing with money suspected to be proceeds of crime. Wei Wang will spend at least two-and-a-half years behind bars Another $117,000 was discovered …

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2 months ago

Fourth man is arrested over alleged plot that used stolen personal information to apply for bogus car loans worth $10million

Daily Mail

A fourth man has been arrested for his alleged role in a syndicate accused of using stolen personal information to apply for bogus car loans worth $10million. Police alleged the syndicate stole information from more than 33 people to apply for loans from various financial institutions to buy luxury cars that did not exist. Police have already charged three other …

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‘Fat Leonard’ jailed for 15 years and fined $20m over US Navy bribery scandal

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Leonard Glenn Francis, 60, also known …

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2 months ago

Canberra man was going 'crazy' for lack of tobacco when he tried to rob woman at knifepoint, ACT Supreme Court hears

ABC

A Canberra man who says he was going "crazy" for lack of tobacco, before pulling a knife to rob a woman walking to work in Braddon, has been jailed for two years and four months by the ACT Supreme Court. They confronted Peacock asking if he had tried to rob the woman "Mind your own business," Peacock told them. Peacock …

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2 months ago

Killer who dismembered landlady and sent Moonpig Christmas cards to cover his tracks jailed

The Independent

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2 months, 1 week ago

Employee allegedly embezzled $215,000 from furniture store she worked at over two years

The Independent

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2 months, 1 week ago

NSW Police officer accused of travelling hundreds of kilometres to steal $100,000 released on bail

ABC

A police officer accused of tying up an elderly man in his home before stealing $100,000 in cash has been released on bail. The 36-year-old senior constable, whose name has been suppressed by the court, is one of two men charged over an alleged aggravated break and enter at Lightning Ridge in north-west NSW earlier this month. 'Not a weak …

Court Accused Officer Nsw Lightning Ridge Magistrate Mabbutt

2 months, 1 week ago

Court approves $180 million payment over stolen Aboriginal wages in WA

ABC

The Federal Court has approved the Western Australian government's settlement payment of $180 million to eligible Aboriginal workers who had their wages withheld or were underpaid due to discriminatory government policy last century. Settlement approved Sitting in Perth on Tuesday, Justice Murphy heard submissions from Shine Lawyers and other eligible claimants, the state government and Litigation Lending Services, the litigation …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sub-postmaster wrongfully jailed in Horizon IT scandal rejects £600k compensation

The Telegraph

The conviction meant Mr Patel, who now works for HM Revenue and Customs, had to sell two of his properties to pay back the debt and a business loan of £180,000. Hope for a new life “Hopefully, we can start a new life again.” Mr Patel said he tried to raise concerns about the financial discrepancies with the Post Office …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Charges dropped against man accused of stealing blind dog during alleged home break-in

ABC

The man charged over an alleged burglary that resulted in a home being ransacked and a family's pet dog and car being stolen has walked free from court after he was found unfit to stand trial. Maximilliano Cardozo faced Southport Court today where magistrate Nerida Wilson dismissed charges of entering a dwelling and unlawful use of a motor vehicle under …

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3 months ago

Victorian servo worker caught on camera allegedly stealing over $43,000 from her boss

Daily Mail

A servo worker has been busted fleecing tens of thousands of dollars during an alleged two-year raid on the till - as her devastated boss reacts. Peri Hortis, who runs the Saviges Road Fast & Ezy service station in Victoria's Gippsland region, claims the 35-year-old woman stole more than $43,000 in cash between August 2022 and July 2024. CCTV footage …

Woman Cash Hortis Camera Alleged Mr Hortis

3 months ago

Sub-postmaster found guilty of murdering his wife after Horizon data was used as evidence against him makes fourth attempt at appealing his conviction... after family accuses him of 'jumping on the ba

Daily Mail

A sub-postmaster who was convicted of the murder his wife is hoping that evidence from the Post Office inquiry will exonerate him. Robin Garbutt, 57, has spent the last 12 years behind bars after being convicted in 2011 of killing his postmistress wife Diana above their Post Office in Melsonby, North Yorkshire. Diana was found dead at the Melsonby Post …

Evidence Office Post His Wife Wife Diana Robin

3 months, 1 week ago

Black bank manager, 42, wrongly accused of gun crime and arrested in front of his neighbours after being 'racially profiled' settles High Court claim after suing the Met Police for £1m when he was sus

Daily Mail

A black bank manager who was 'racially profiled' and falsely accused of possessing a firearm has settled his High Court case with the Metropolitan Police after suing them for £1million. Law firm Holborn Adams, representing Mr Semper, who first filed his claim in August 2020, previously said in a statement that he was suspended from his £72,000-a-year job at Lloyds …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Disgraced parish priest caught stealing £200 from the Sunday collection is spared jail - but could still be kicked out of the church

Daily Mail

A disgraced parish priest, who stole £200 from his church's Sunday collection, received a suspended prison sentence on Tuesday. Father Fortunato Pantisano who stole £200 from his church's Sunday collection, received a suspended prison sentence on Tuesday Father Pantisano was ordained at Westminster Cathedral in 2013 'You told the author of your pre-sentence report that you were entitled to this …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Four from Rajasthan arrested for defrauding Coimbatore man of ₹ 9.28 lakh

The Hindu

Four persons from Rajasthan, who cheated a Coimbatore-based man of ₹9.28 lakh in an online scam, have been arrested by the Coimbatore city cybercrime police. Arun arrested J. Sathyanarayanan, 30, K. Kisan Choudhary, 20, K. Sunil Saran, 23, and P. Sandeep Kumar, 26, from Jodhpur in Rajasthan on August 22. The stranger introduced himself as an executive of an online …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

O.C. man took money meant for COVID gloves to buy boats and cars. Now, he’s been sentenced for fraud

LA Times

Authorities say Christopher John Badsey duped three companies out of $3 million for protective gloves that were never delivered, and used the money to buy luxury items such as boats and vehicles. In June and July 2020 — when personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves and hand sanitizer were in short supply — Badsey claimed his Irvine-based company, First …

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5 months, 1 week ago

University criminology lecturer, 34, faces jail after shoplifting more than £1,000 of high-end Le Creuset cookware, more than 30 M&S steaks and bottles of wine

Daily Mail

A university criminology lecturer is facing jail after a shoplifting spree stealing over a thousand pounds worth of Le Creuset cookware, premium steaks, wine and gin. Pauline Al Said, a former senior lecturer in criminology at Bath Spa University, outside court Pauline Al Said and Mark Wheatcroft outside Salisbury Law Courts where both were convicted Her husband was found guilty …

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6 months ago

Three arrested for robbing a man of Rs 10 lakh at gunpoint in North Delhi

India TV News

Three men have been arrested for allegedly robbing a man of Rs 10 lakh at gunpoint in north Delhi's Patel Nagar, police announced on Thursday. Meanwhile, speaking of the development, the police said the incident occurred on June 20 at around 8:14 pm, when a PCR call was received reporting a bag containing cash being snatched at gunpoint by two …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Indian-origin victim of U.K.'s Post Office scandal rejects apology

The Hindu

An Indian-origin former manager of a Post Office in England wrongly jailed while pregnant has rejected the apology of an engineer whose evidence helped convict her over faulty accounting software. Her reaction followed a written witness statement submitted to the Post Office Inquiry by Mr. Jenkins, in which he said: "I did not know that Mrs. Misra was pregnant at …

Indian Office Inquiry Case Smith Post Jenkins

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Post Office betrays postmasters yet again: Fury as bungling Post Office publishes names and addresses of more than 550 people wrongfully convicted in the Horizon scandal on its website in 'horrific' p

Daily Mail

The bungling Post Office has published the names and home addresses of the postmasters it persecuted during the Horizon scandal. The 555 former postmasters whose home addresses have been published were among the group involved in bringing High Court class litigation against the Post Office in 2019. Nichola Arch, 53, was falsely accused of theft at her Chalford Hill post …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Shamed ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells 'frequently and consistently tried to steer' investigators away from uncovering potential miscarriages of justice, Horizon scandal inquiry told

Daily Mail

Shamed former Post Office boss Paula Vennells ‘frequently and consistently attempted to steer’ investigators away from uncovering potential miscarriages of justice, a computer expert hired to scrutinise its doomed Horizon IT system said. Ian Henderson, from forensic accountants Second Sight, claimed Post Office bosses were ‘constantly sabotaging our efforts to seek the truth irrespective of the consequences’ and said he …

Second Post System Henderson Paula Vennells Post Office Miscarriages

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Man from Rajasthan arrested in Chennai for swindling money online while pretending to be Mumbai police officer

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai City Police on Saturday arrested a 23-year-old young man who was part of a gang that stole money from people, by pretending to be Mumbai police personnel who were conducting an inquiry into the trafficking of drugs through courier services. Police said S. Ashok Ranjith, 39, a resident of Kilpauk was contacted by an unknown person over …

Mumbai Chennai Mumbai Police Ranjith

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Man charged with robbing a California bank was released from prison a day earlier, prosecutors say

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man charged with taking …

Bank

7 months ago

Aussie facing 12 strokes of the cane and up to 14 years in jail for the armed robbery of a money lenders in Singapore

Daily Mail

An Australian man has been charged with armed robbery using a knife at a money lending shop in the Tampines district of Singapore. Singapore police said Pacheco was wearing a mask and cap when he allegedly robbed the woman at knifepoint, demanding that she place the money in a bag. Australian man Jose Manuel Pacheco has been charged with armed …

Singapore Money Man Pacheco

7 months, 1 week ago

Callous worker, 56, who stole thousands of pounds from a Porsche garage while his boss was undergoing cancer treatment is ordered to pay back £60,000

Daily Mail

A callous worker who stole thousands of pounds from a Porsche garage has been ordered to pay it back. Scott McCurdy stole thousands of pounds worth of goods from the Porsche garage where he worked before selling them on for a profit The owner of the car restoration service, Dr Drayson, said that McCurdy, who he considered a 'key employee …

Cancer Treatment Company Suspended Sentence Mccurdy Drayson Porsche Garage Dr Drayson

7 months, 1 week ago

Panchkula man seeking refund of double payment loses ₹2.6 lakh to online fraud

Hindustan Times

A 29-year-old man, in an attempt to get back his refund of a double payment made at a store, lost ₹2.67 lakh to online fraud. A case under Sections 406, 419, 420 of the Indian Penal Code was registered in cyber crime police station Sector 12, Panchkula. In his complaint, Rajat Sharma of Sector 21, Panchkula, told the police that …

Panchkula

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Post Office scandal: Subpostmistress who ‘paid back’ £70,000 says her children were accused of stealing

The Independent

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Post Office scandal – a timeline of key events

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here is a timeline of key events from the scandal: – 1999 The Horizon …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Group allegedly stole, cashed checks throughout L.A. and Orange counties — then posted it on Instagram

LA Times

A post office in Upland similar to this one was targeted by check bandits. A group of Southern Californians allegedly stole mail and checks from post offices throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties, often hitting several locations in a single day — then turned to social media for help cashing in on their haul. On April 4, 2023, crew members …

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