Monday, August 22, 2022

Victorian Tax agent assists with Protego Fraud: Why Storytelling Is A Critical Part Of Good Medicine


Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.


A worrying trend is sweeping the country that could see workplace productivity plummet horribly.



AMAZON’S ONE-STOP SHOP FOR IDENTITY THIEVES Public Amazon registries could reveal enough information to steal the identity of someone who hasn’t been born yet.




‘Hostile’: Victoria Police crackdown on alleged financial fraud scheme Tax agents have helped police crack down on an alleged fraud scheme


The warrants were executed from 7am on Wednesday, 17 August by a number of units including Gang Crime Squad, Echo Taskforce, VIPER Taskforce, Melbourne Embona Taskforce and Melbourne Criminal Investigation Unit.

Investigators have also worked in collaboration with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).



The industry plagued by scammers impersonating legitimate businesses


“Cookie stealing” is among the latest trends in cybercrimes that hackers are using to bypass credentials and access private databases, according to Sophos.







Why Storytelling Is A Critical Part Of Good Medicine

 “Yes, it’s important to examine people, but you work out what’s going on from the stories. And if people know you and trust you, and you give them time to talk, they give you gems of critically important medical information.” - The Guardian


Fraudulent markets in everything


Lesson From The Tax Court: Taxpayer Could Not Prove His Way Out Of §162(f)




The Strange Case of Nakamoto’s Bitcoin – Part 1Sal Bayat. “Bitcoin is the world’s first case of investment fraud which is a digital network.” Well worth a read.


All time best interviews with accused fraudstersDirty Laundry: AI, Investing & Fraud. This one is good, too. 


Meta iOS apps accused of injecting code into third-party websites The Register. “If you trust Meta, you should have no concern that its script might be revised with more pernicious 


Henry Kissinger Is Worried About ‘Disequilibrium’ WSJ. “We are at the edge of war with Russia and China on issues which we partly created, without any concept of how this is going to end or what it’s supposed to lead to,”


Britain should prepare for a nuclear war The Telegraph


A World Gone MAD Myrmikan Research. From March, still germane. Well worth a read, but grab a cup of coffee.

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Russia Struggles To Supply Troops As Ukraine Destroys 2 Key Bridges In Kherson Oblast: UKRepublic World. I would take with a truckload of salts.


Turkish Drone Maker Baykar Is Booked for Three Years, CEO Says Bloomberg


The debt collection effort would “use data-driven insights” and “resume firmer and stronger lodge and pay activities” to address the growth in debt during COVID, although the ATO would be “balancing debt recovery with small business support” as it revitalised its tax function.

Small-business debt a key target, ATO reveals


CRS Report – The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework, August 12, 2022: “This report provides an overview of the relationship between executive and legislative authority over national security information. It summarizes the current laws that form the legal framework protecting classified information, including current executive orders and some agency regulations pertaining to the handling of unauthorized disclosures of classified information by government officers and employees. The report also summarizes criminal laws that pertain specifically to the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, as well as civil and administrative penalties. Finally, the report discusses insider risk management measures…

Information may be classified at one of three levels based on the amount of danger that its unauthorized disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause to national security. Information is classified as “Top Secret” if its unauthorized disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause “exceptionally grave damage” to national security. The standard for “Secret” information is “serious damage” to national security, while for “confidential” information the standard is “damage” to national security…”


Two of New York’s Oldest Mafia Clans Charged in Money Laundering Scheme NYT


Prosecutors Struggle to Catch Up to a Tidal Wave of Pandemic Fraud NYT