Cost of COVID-19 scams likely to rise considerably, report concludes
Cardiff University The number of consumer scams and frauds targeting government support programmes due to the pandemic is underreported, a Cardiff University academic says. Commissioned by the Australian Institute of Criminology, part of the Australian Government, the report co-authored by Professor Michael Levi concludes future pandemics and economic crises must include provisions for better monitoring and control of fraud. Professor Levi, based at Cardiff University’s School of Social Sciences, said: “Our report identified some novel crime types and methodologies that have arisen during...
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