AUSTRAC
Second mega-club in firing line over dirty cash claims
The state’s top two most profitable clubs by gambling revenue are believed to have allowed organised criminals to use their poker machines to launder money.
- Harriet Alexander
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Safe sticker company at the centre of money-laundering scandal
Daniel Symond was once the clubs’ most trusted adviser. But a blockbuster prosecution has raised questions about what exactly he knew.
- Harriet Alexander and Bevan Shields
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- Crime
The 691 alarm bells, warning signs and missed chances that allowed criminals to thrive
Mounties, with as many club members as Wollongong does residents, allowed highly suspicious players to carry on for years without action.
- Bevan Shields and Harriet Alexander
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- Crime
The ‘housewife’, the ‘childcare worker’ and the gigantic scam flourishing in Sydney
A damning cache of documents has laid bare the extent to which criminality has been allowed to take place in well-known venues.
- Bevan Shields and Harriet Alexander
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- Fintech
This Australian start-up moves $1bn daily. Authorities fear it is being used by child predators
Airwallex is a major bet for the nation’s biggest technology investors, but its path to the public markets has been beset by controversy.
- John Buckley and Nick Bonyhady
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- Fintech
‘Suspect serious non-compliance’: Airwallex hit with money laundering audit
The $12 billion Australian start-up is facing a probe from Australia’s anti-money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog.
- John Buckley
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- Poker machines
‘Prime targets’: The punters ‘washing’ tens of millions and the bosses in the firing line
A mega-club has admitted in court documents that it allowed suspicious customers to continue to play after flagging them with the financial crimes watchdog.
- Harriet Alexander
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- Penthouse Syndicate investigation
Luxury watches and jewellery: The extravagant life of an alleged NAB fraudster
NAB employee Timotius Donny Sungkar has been charged over his role in the Penthouse syndicate’s alleged $150m bank fraud.
- Riley Walter
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- Penthouse Syndicate investigation
How the Penthouse Syndicate allegedly took one of Australia’s biggest banks for $150m
A spectacular arrest at one of Sydney’s most glamorous addresses has exposed what is allegedly one of the largest fraud and money-laundering syndicates in Australian history.
- Riley Walter
Two arrests, millions seized: How the tobacco wars played out in a Melbourne takeaway shop
Police say a tip-off about cash drops at a Somerton shop uncovered an $83 million money laundering operation with links to tobacco kingpin Kaz Hamad.
- Cassandra Morgan