This Month
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.
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- 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
Newsrooms prepare to name Queensland rape case’s ‘high-profile man’
From October 3, a change to Queensland sexual offender laws could prompt a tsunami of reporting about a case that has remained below the radar.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di Stefano
Chinese students terrified as scammers reap millions
All scams are horrible, but what is going on here is particularly horrible, says the ACCC’s Catriona Lowe, as international students scammed of $8 million.
- Julie Hare
Cleared of rape, a university student sues for defamation
A woman’s allegation led to the expulsion from Yale of Saifullah Khan, who is seeking $170 million through a lawsuit that could end her anonymity.
- Vimal Patel
Britain’s shoplifting spree forces retailers to fund police crackdown
As shoplifting becomes more frequent and brazen, the UK’s big retail chains are giving the police $1.2 million to help them get on top of the epidemic.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Fourth FTX executive pleads guilty before Bankman-Fried trial
Ryan Salame pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to a campaign finance law violation and a charge of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business.
- David Yaffe-Bellany and Matthew Goldstein
Proud Boys leader gets record 22-year sentence for Capitol riot
His sentencing comes as the Justice Department prepares to put Donald Trump on trial at the same courthouse in Washington.
- Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer
August
Switzerland weighs new money-laundering rules amid US criticism
A new Swiss federal register will require companies and other legal entities to name their beneficial owners, making it harder for criminals to hide assets.
- Hugo Miller and Bryce Baschuk
Is former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn a villain or victim?
A new documentary relives the fugitive CEO’s dramatic escape from Japan and re-examines his guilt or innocence.
- Michael Smith
Bankman-Fried surviving ‘on bread and water’ in jail
The claims came as former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried faced a slew of further criminal charges over the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.
- Luc Cohen and Jody Godoy
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How Coles got caught in the global retail theft epidemic
Coles’ shock jump in second-half costs was in large part down to the wave of retail crime that started offshore and has now reached Australia.
- James Thomson
A private jet loaded with fake gold sparks international mystery
When Zambian officials discovered millions of dollars of cash, weapons and hundreds of bars of gold in a Bombardier jet, the haul stirred wild speculation in Egypt and Zambia.
- Lynsey Chutel and Vivian Yee
‘Senseless’ vandals and ‘flare-throwing idiots’ ruin World Cup party
Two men have been charged after a “senseless act of vandalism” threw the Sydney rail network into disarray on Wednesday night.
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- Cassandra Morgan, Miranda Forster and Samantha Lock
‘Stupid and greedy’: Adam Cranston pocketed $6.9m in Plutus tax fraud
Adam Cranston, son of the former deputy tax commissioner, has claimed he was not the chief architect of one of the country’s biggest tax frauds.
- David Marin-Guzman
