Fraud

Learning from Australia’s Recent Fraud Cases

2025-08-10T18:23:04+10:00

Australia's real estate Trust Account fraud cases in 2023-2024 reveal common vulnerabilities that every agency should address. Learning from these incidents can protect your business and clients. The Scale of the Problem Recent cases span all states, from a Rochedale South agent pleading guilty to falsifying trust account records to a former Western Australian agent fined $2,500 for unauthorised Trust ... read more >>

Learning from Australia’s Recent Fraud Cases2025-08-10T18:23:04+10:00

What You Need to Know About Real Estate Trust Account Fraud

2025-08-10T18:23:16+10:00

Trust account fraud continues to plague Australia's real estate industry, with recent cases highlighting the devastating impact on agencies and clients. Understanding these incidents can help your agency implement stronger safeguards. Recent High-Profile Trust Account Fraud Cases Queensland's Department of Justice emphasise that "real estate agents hold client money in trust and must maintain the highest standards of integrity." Despite ... read more >>

What You Need to Know About Real Estate Trust Account Fraud2025-08-10T18:23:16+10:00

How to Avoid Fraud Happening Under Your Nose

2022-07-01T15:36:19+10:00

Earlier this month, we discussed how low some people will go with Trust Account fraud. Mimicking suppliers and receiving kickbacks just to name a few of the newcomers to the Trust Account fraud scene. So as an Agency Owner or Director, how do you ensure this doesn't happen to you? Or worse yet, from happening right under your nose? How ... read more >>

How to Avoid Fraud Happening Under Your Nose2022-07-01T15:36:19+10:00

Blatant Trust Account Fraud

2022-07-01T15:11:49+10:00

The low some people will go Hearing about instances of fraud is pretty much the norm these days. People pray on the vulnerable (quite often the elderly), pretending to be someone they are not and swindling money from the unsuspecting. Unfortunately, the Property Management industry is not immune. Bond theft remains the number one misappropriation of funds within the Property ... read more >>

Blatant Trust Account Fraud2022-07-01T15:11:49+10:00

The Importance of Two-Factor Authentication

2020-10-20T09:07:55+10:00

Two-Factor Authentication ~ Protecting you Online Stop now and have a think about your online accounts. Do you use the same password for multiple online accounts? Is your trust accounting password the same as your internet banking password? If the answer is yes, << insert alarm bells here >>. It's 2020 - everything is online. With COVID, even more so. ... read more >>

The Importance of Two-Factor Authentication2020-10-20T09:07:55+10:00

5 Ways Cloud Technology Can Prevent Internal Fraud

2019-07-11T22:09:46+10:00

Banish Internal Fraud from your Office With the advances that technology provides, unfortunately with it comes the possibility of online fraud. Online trust account fraud can occur both by someone outside of the organisation without access to the trust account, and internally. As much as we would like to think this will never happen, the reality is that it does. ... read more >>

5 Ways Cloud Technology Can Prevent Internal Fraud2019-07-11T22:09:46+10:00
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