If you (or someone you care about) has been charged with Fraud, you will no doubt be concerned about what lies ahead. You will require the representation of a lawyer who knows this area and can take you through the process in a timely and responsible manner. At LAC Lawyers, we understand the stress that you are under - our aim at all times is to ensure that you achieve the best possible results.
Fraud can generally be described as the actions or omissions by a person to induce a course of action by deceit or by deliberate dishonest conduct with the purpose of obtaining money or other benefit.
The essence of "fraud offences" is a higher degree of culpability involved by the perpetrator and is often described as deliberate, planned, intentional and calculating. And the seriousness of these offences is generally reflected in higher maximum sentences that may be imposed by courts.
Numerous fraud offences are contained in both under the Commonwealth laws and State laws, and cover frauds committed on Governments, individuals, businesses or organisations.
A considerable amount of fraud is committed against companies by management or employees of the company. These individuals use their insider knowledge of the operations of the business to access systems to commit and possibly conceal the fraud.
With the rapid development in technologies globally and the manner in which the public and private sectors now operate, this has created new areas of criminal exploitation. With the increasing use of the internet, and in particular the wireless network, and pre-paid mobile phones to conduct business creates an environment where it becomes easy for the perpetuator of fraud to conceal their identity, and make detection difficult.
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Author(s):Frank Egan B.A., LL.B., A.C.L.A., F.T.I.A. (Notary), Charuna Shah LL.B.