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High-profile celebrities who have been targets of intense stalking and targeted burglaries have turned to extreme lengths to make their properties extra secure.…
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Lion Property Group collapse: liquidators uncover $25m shifted to director-linked entities (Australian Property Investor Magazine)
Liquidators allege millions were moved to director-linked entities before Lion Property Group collapsed owing investors $122.5m, as ASIC and police assess poten…
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Show me the money: victims of Lion Property Group collapse speak out (Australian Property Investor Magazine)
More than 600 investors have seemingly lost some, if not all, of their life savings in the wake of the collapse of Lion Property Group.
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Police to investigate secret report into Lion Property Group's 'blatant scam' (Australian Property Investor Magazine)
The case against a failed property developer that lost more than $120 million of investors' money has now been escalated to a police investigation.
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Scale of failed Lion Property Group's 'Ponzi scheme' unveiled (Australian Property Investor Magazine)
Lies, financially ruined investors, a vacated office: the mess left behind by the Lion Property Group has been unveiled in court and by the company's liquidator…
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Victoria Police has expanded an operation investigating allegations of continuing bikie and underworld infiltration of the CFMEU.
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Businessman David McWilliams is accused of gambling $39 million from funds invested into his NDIS property development company.
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Crime, high interest rates and the lack of government incentives are creating a perfect storm for the Alice Springs residential property market.
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Law enforcement agencies are on the hunt for a man accused of stealing millions from property market investors.
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WA-first case of unauthorised trust account withdrawals brings prison sentence
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A NSW couple have lost close to $275,000 in an elaborate scam after receiving an email requesting they settle the amount for their first home.
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Australia’s real estate industry is the go-to sector for money laundering and more professionals should be compelled to report dodgy transactions, an anti-corru…
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