Yesterday
Shoplifting jumps across the nation amid cost of living crisis
The chief statistician for Victoria’s Crime Statistics Agency says cost-of-living pressures may be contributing to increased crime rates.
- Gus McCubbing
This Month
CFMEU official gets bail over violent home invasion
Construction union organiser Edmond “Monty” Margjini has been accused of attacking a woman with a machete more than a decade ago.
- David Marin-Guzman and Tom Rabe
November
- Exclusive
- White collar crime
Banker accused of fraud in Aspen and California appears in Australia
The US Securities and Exchange Commission says it has also detected Andrew Waters soliciting investment in Bali. He denies all wrongdoing.
- Primrose Riordan
If you don’t know who we are, Google us: how cybercriminals negotiate
Criminal groups are touting their reputations for following through on promises to delete data and providing reports on breaches to solicit ransom payments.
- Max Mason
Three charged over ‘high-end brothel’ for accountants, lawyers, execs
“Pick a profession, they’re probably represented in this case,” said an acting US attorney in revealing the alleged operation in Washington and Boston.
- Aishvarya Kavi
Entrepreneur proves ex-boyfriend faked ‘natural’ cosmetics range
The owner of a nature-themed cosmetics line was forced to acknowledge that a key anti-ageing ingredient was not real.
- Aaron Patrick
Porsche driver who filmed dying police wanted on new warrants
Police are seeking help to find Richard Pusey, who was banned from the financial services industry after recording the dying moments of four officers hit by a truck after pulling him over.
- William Ton
Key moments in Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial
The fallen billionaire was convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges related to the collapse of FTX, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange he founded and led.
- Jody Godoy
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud
A US jury has convicted the FTX co-founder of all seven charges of stealing $12.5 billion of customers’ money. He could spend decades in prison.
- Updated
- Luc Cohen and Jody Godoy
‘Come clean or double down’: Bankman-Fried’s tough choice
US prosecutors said the fallen crypto king could have chosen to admit stealing billions of dollars of customers’ money, but he instead stayed silent.
- Matthew Cranston
‘Free entertainment’: Bankman-Fried feels the heat as case nears end
The former crypto king has finished days of withering cross-examination as the jury prepares to start deliberations in his fraud trial later this week.
- Matthew Cranston
October
Bruce Lehrmann named in Toowoomba rape charge
The former Coalition staffer had had his identity suppressed until a court ruling on Thursday in Queensland.
- Liam Walsh
At least 22 dead and dozens injured in Maine shooting spree
State police in Lewiston, the state’s second-largest city, confirmed an active shooter had attacked a restaurant and bowling alley.
- Tony Diver
Exxon Australian exec arrested in sexual assault case
David Scott, vice president of the energy giant’s upstream unconventional unit, faces accusations of second-degree felony assault.
- Eric Platt, Jamie Smyth and Myles McCormick
Bankman-Fried brought to book
Sam Bankman-Fried fidgeted his way through his first week in court while onlookers juggled the blockbuster trial and Michael Lewis’ new book about him.
- Matthew Cranston and Jessica Sier
Crypto FTX co-founder admits ‘we did it’
Gary Wang, co-founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has told a court that he and Sam Bankman-Fried committed wire and securities fraud.
- Matthew Cranston
Criminal or math nerd? Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial opens
Opening arguments in the FTX founder’s closely watched fraud trial have painted two very different pictures of the former crypto king before his company’s collapse.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Opinion
The price of shoplifting is getting dangerously high
Target is among many retailers warning of a rise in organised theft, including “flash robs” of young thieves threatening staff, and others brazenly exiting with big bags filled with booty.
- John Gapper
September
Robin Hood tree on Hadrian’s Wall felled in ‘act of vandalism’
The fallen tree in England, which dates from the 18th century, was discovered by walkers in Northumberland after someone took a chainsaw to its trunk overnight.
- Updated
- Sarah Knapton
Your Ferrari could be gone in 60 seconds
Gangs are taking advantage of weaknesses in vehicle security and insurers are increasingly wary of modern prestige marques. Here’s what you can do.
- Chris Bryant
