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‘Dodgy brothers’ con elderly victims of $70k

They betrayed the trust and vulnerability of people they stole from or conned into paying exorbitantly high prices for...

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07th Dec. 2019 12:12 AM

Pisasale-linked scammer Hui Tan jailed for 10 years

A “pathological gambler” linked to disgraced Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale has been jailed over $8 million in Catch Me If You...

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06th Dec. 2019 3:12 PM

Revealed: Musician at the centre of alleged $900k fraud

A young Coast country music star dubbed the "next Taylor Swift" has been left a victim after alleged fraudsters used her...

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05th Dec. 2019 7:12 PM

Country music singer Alys Ffion has been used as a ruse in an alleged ponzi scam.

Alleged fraudsters stole $900k by using musician as a ruse

Two Coast people have been arrested after allegedly defrauding people to obtain up to $900,000, by telling victims they...

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05th Dec. 2019 6:12 AM

Two Coast people have been arrested after allegedly defrauding people to obtain up to $900,000, by telling victims they were financing an Aussie musician's career.

Another charged out of Ben Currie investigation

THE 25-year-old was charged with fraud arising from the investigation into horse trainer Ben Currie.

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02nd Dec. 2019 3:12 PM

Grandmother secretly steals $280k from not-for-profit

For 10 years, she volunteered for a not-for-profit organisation - all while secretly siphoning more than $280k into her own...

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02nd Dec. 2019 3:12 PM

He may be a burgler, but he's a clean burgler

THIS man was found trespassing in a motel but he wasn't there to steal anything and his reason for being there was quite...

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29th Nov. 2019 3:11 PM

The reason he was trespassing was quite unusual.

PM calls top cop ‘best friend’ over Angus Taylor probe

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his decision to call the NSW Police Commissioner over the investigation into...

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27th Nov. 2019 6:11 PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his decision to call the NSW Police Commissioner over the investigation into Angus Taylor.

Woman’s alleged hate mail to herself

A professor at a prestigious Sydney university claimed she was the victim of a long-running hate campaign. But police claim...

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27th Nov. 2019 10:11 AM

PM refuses to dump Angus Taylor amid police probe

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has refused to stand down Angus Taylor while police investigate reports of the creation of a...