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ASIC freezes assets of financial adviser turned comedian
A former financial adviser turned stand-up comic has had his assets frozen and been barred from leaving the country after ripping off clients to the tune of $750,000.
Romance scams: It’s not love, actually
When Roxanne met Bill through a dating app and fell in love, she had no idea it would cost her parents tens of thousands of dollars.
Melissa Caddick’s Dover Heights mansion to be sold
Fraudster Melissa Caddick's Dover Heights mansion is expected to bring more than $10 million when it is sold in coming weeks.
Can The Tinder Swindler teach us to spot scammers?
From Inventing Anna to The Tinder Swindler, our obsession with the scammer genre of true-crime streaming is growing. But can these stories teach audiences to avoid con artists in their own lives?
A quarter of new home loans are high risk: What you’ve missed
One in five new mortgages are high risk, and Australia tops global property price growth. Here are five things you may have missed this week.
Melissa Caddick’s supercar up for auction
Melissa Caddick's performance cars will go under the hammer this month as liquidators attempt to recover investors' lost assets.
Money and dementia: The tough conversation we need to have
Caring for a loved one with dementia is exhausting enough without watching their unchecked spending or being accused of stealing from them.
If it sounds too good to be true, it’s probably a scam
Nothing riles Paul Clitheroe more than fraudsters who continue to rip off hard-working Aussies.
Financial elder abuse surged during COVID-19 lockdowns
Unscrupulous Australians have been using the isolation of coronavirus lockdowns to rip off their ageing parents.
ASIC bans former adviser Gavin Fineff over $5 million fraud
ASIC has banned former financial adviser Gavin Fineff after he allegedly gambled up to $5 million of client money.
