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Foxtel Pirate Receives 18-Month Suspended Sentence

Jon Bragg August 9, 2017 No Comments

A Sydney man has been sentenced to serve an 18-month suspended jail term after illegally selling access to Foxtel services to thousands of people. 33-year-old Haidar Majid Salam Al Baghdadi was convicted of criminal…

Samsung Heir Could Face 12-Year Sentence

Jon Bragg August 8, 2017 No Comments

Prosecutors in the corruption case involving Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee have recommended the heir be handed a 12-year prison sentence. In a trial ongoing since April, the…

Jail For CommBank CEO? A Possibility, Says Nick Xenophon

Computer Daily News August 8, 2017 No Comments

South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon has suggested banking executives like the Commonwealth Bank’s Ian Narev should face the prospect of a jail sentence, following this week’s revelations that CommBank failed…

Media Invited To DVD Bonfire

Computer Daily News August 3, 2017 No Comments

The Australian media have been invited to witness the possibly fiery destruction of more than one million counterfeit DVDs seized by police, following last week’s sentencing of the two counterfeiters,…

Fake DVD Floggers Get Jail

Computer Daily News August 2, 2017 No Comments

Two Australians who sought to sell more than a million high-quality counterfeit DVD movies online have been sentenced to jail terms At a hearing in the Parramatta District Court, Mosaic…

ICAC Claims Corrupt Technology CFO Embezzled $5 Million

Computer Daily News July 27, 2017 No Comments

At lease five IT companies have been caught up in a corruption probe of a former City of Botany Bay Council chief financial officer, who allegedly embezzled more than $5…

Chief Scientist On Fraud Charge

Computer Daily News July 26, 2017 No Comments

Queensland chief scientist Professor Suzanne Miller has stood aside after being charged with fraud by the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC). Court documents lodged by the CCC allege that between…

Supreme Court Okay’s Class Action Against Dick Smith

David Richards July 25, 2017 No Comments

The Supreme Court has given the green light for shareholders to sue Dick Smith, the class action is one of several that legal firms are trying to get up following…

Battle Of Brisbane Looms: DiMarco Threatens $50m Hit

Computer Daily News July 25, 2017 No Comments

The scene is being set for a mighty courtroom battle after Adrian DiMarco’s Brisbane-based and ASX-listed TechnologyOne yesterday warned the Brisbane City Council that it will face a $50 million…

ACCC Could Take Major Telcos To Court

Jon Bragg July 20, 2017 No Comments

Telstra, Optus, TPG and Vocus may be taken to court by the ACCC over misleading NBN speed claims. In an interview with the ABC’s AM, ACCC chairman Rod Sims said…