We all know life can be tough, especially when you’re trying to make ends meet.

That said, there’s nothing worse than when somebody takes advantage of innocent people and deceives them out of their hard-earned cash.

This week, two alleged scammers—brothers Cameron and Steven Meneghetti—were charged in Melbourne for an alleged months-long financial crime spree that swindled more than $500,000 from other Aussies.

The biggest scam reportedly happened on April 13, with Steven, aged 29, orchestrating a transfer of $500,019—knowing all this money sourced from crime.

The police also alleged Steven committed multiple fraudulent fund transfers ranging from $7,132 to more than $500,000.

Two brothers were charged with multiple financial crime charges after an alleged scam that swindled more than $500,000 from other Australians. Credit: Blogtrepreneur/Flickr

The Victorian Financial Crime Squad charged Steven with 11 counts of financial crime, in relation to the transfers.

Steven was also charged with firearms offences and drug possession.

His younger brother Cameron, aged 21, was also accused of transferring $250,000 on June 15 despite knowing it was gained from crime.

Cameron was also charged for a $40,019 fund transfer on July 8.

The full details of the scam have yet to be revealed. The two brothers are out on bail and will reappear in court for a committal mention—an initial meeting done before a case is heard in court—on November 21.

The scam is one of many that take place in Australia each year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported that Aussies lost $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, a staggering 80 per cent increase on the previous year.

When it comes to our own safety and protecting our wallets, the SDC recommends being careful and vigilant when browsing online and using the internet.

You can always access our Scam Watch forum, where members share scam stories and tips on avoiding being victims of scams. This is also where we post news of recent scams circulating online.

One example is the online investment scam that duped $800,000 from multiple people. The accused scammer created fake websites pretending to be a legitimate financial institution.

He was charged with five counts of obtaining property by deception and five counts of possessing the proceeds of crime. You may learn more about the story here.

Another story we shared is about a woman who fell victim to a phone scam, losing her life savings amounting to $21,000. The scammer posed as a representative from the Commonwealth Bank fraud department, led her to download an app, and gained access to her account information. You may learn more about the story here.

If you are worried that someone may have scammed you, it’s always best to contact relevant authorities and let them know. Report any suspicious activities immediately to your bank, the police, and to Scamwatch through this link: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/report-a-scam.

Key Takeaways

• Two brothers, Steven and Cameron Meneghetti, have been charged with organising multiple funds transfers and allegedly scamming over $500,000 from Australians.
  
• The largest single scam orchestrated by Steven Meneghetti was allegedly a transfer of $500,019 gathered from criminal activity.
  
• Cameron Meneghetti is also charged with organising a transfer of $250,000, knowing it was from criminal activity, as well as a transfer of $40,018.
  
• The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reports that Australians lost $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, an 80 per cent increase in 2021.
  

What do you think of this story, members? Let us know in the comments below!

 

[kevinwoodtufftyke52@gmail]

We all know life can be tough, especially when you’re trying to make ends meet.

That said, there’s nothing worse than when somebody takes advantage of innocent people and deceives them out of their hard-earned cash.

This week, two alleged scammers—brothers Cameron and Steven Meneghetti—were charged in Melbourne for an alleged months-long financial crime spree that swindled more than $500,000 from other Aussies.

The biggest scam reportedly happened on April 13, with Steven, aged 29, orchestrating a transfer of $500,019—knowing all this money sourced from crime.

The police also alleged Steven committed multiple fraudulent fund transfers ranging from $7,132 to more than $500,000.

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Two brothers were charged with multiple financial crime charges after an alleged scam that swindled more than $500,000 from other Australians. Credit: Blogtrepreneur/Flickr

The Victorian Financial Crime Squad charged Steven with 11 counts of financial crime, in relation to the transfers.

Steven was also charged with firearms offences and drug possession.

His younger brother Cameron, aged 21, was also accused of transferring $250,000 on June 15 despite knowing it was gained from crime.

Cameron was also charged for a $40,019 fund transfer on July 8.

The full details of the scam have yet to be revealed. The two brothers are out on bail and will reappear in court for a committal mention—an initial meeting done before a case is heard in court—on November 21.

The scam is one of many that take place in Australia each year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported that Aussies lost $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, a staggering 80 per cent increase on the previous year.

When it comes to our own safety and protecting our wallets, the SDC recommends being careful and vigilant when browsing online and using the internet.

You can always access our Scam Watch forum, where members share scam stories and tips on avoiding being victims of scams. This is also where we post news of recent scams circulating online.

One example is the online investment scam that duped $800,000 from multiple people. The accused scammer created fake websites pretending to be a legitimate financial institution.

He was charged with five counts of obtaining property by deception and five counts of possessing the proceeds of crime. You may learn more about the story here.

Another story we shared is about a woman who fell victim to a phone scam, losing her life savings amounting to $21,000. The scammer posed as a representative from the Commonwealth Bank fraud department, led her to download an app, and gained access to her account information. You may learn more about the story here.

If you are worried that someone may have scammed you, it’s always best to contact relevant authorities and let them know. Report any suspicious activities immediately to your bank, the police, and to Scamwatch through this link: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/report-a-scam.

Key Takeaways

• Two brothers, Steven and Cameron Meneghetti, have been charged with organising multiple funds transfers and allegedly scamming over $500,000 from Australians.
• The largest single scam orchestrated by Steven Meneghetti was allegedly a transfer of $500,019 gathered from criminal activity.
• Cameron Meneghetti is also charged with organising a transfer of $250,000, knowing it was from criminal activity, as well as a transfer of $40,018.
• The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reports that Australians lost $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, an 80 per cent increase in 2021.

What do you think of this story, members? Let us know in the comments below!

I hope that if they are convicted they will have a custodial sentence.

 

[Shane/#]

We all know life can be tough, especially when you’re trying to make ends meet.

That said, there’s nothing worse than when somebody takes advantage of innocent people and deceives them out of their hard-earned cash.

This week, two alleged scammers—brothers Cameron and Steven Meneghetti—were charged in Melbourne for an alleged months-long financial crime spree that swindled more than $500,000 from other Aussies.

The biggest scam reportedly happened on April 13, with Steven, aged 29, orchestrating a transfer of $500,019—knowing all this money sourced from crime.

The police also alleged Steven committed multiple fraudulent fund transfers ranging from $7,132 to more than $500,000.

View attachment 30543

Two brothers were charged with multiple financial crime charges after an alleged scam that swindled more than $500,000 from other Australians. Credit: Blogtrepreneur/Flickr

The Victorian Financial Crime Squad charged Steven with 11 counts of financial crime, in relation to the transfers.

Steven was also charged with firearms offences and drug possession.

His younger brother Cameron, aged 21, was also accused of transferring $250,000 on June 15 despite knowing it was gained from crime.

Cameron was also charged for a $40,019 fund transfer on July 8.

The full details of the scam have yet to be revealed. The two brothers are out on bail and will reappear in court for a committal mention—an initial meeting done before a case is heard in court—on November 21.

The scam is one of many that take place in Australia each year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported that Aussies lost $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, a staggering 80 per cent increase on the previous year.

When it comes to our own safety and protecting our wallets, the SDC recommends being careful and vigilant when browsing online and using the internet.

You can always access our Scam Watch forum, where members share scam stories and tips on avoiding being victims of scams. This is also where we post news of recent scams circulating online.

One example is the online investment scam that duped $800,000 from multiple people. The accused scammer created fake websites pretending to be a legitimate financial institution.

He was charged with five counts of obtaining property by deception and five counts of possessing the proceeds of crime. You may learn more about the story here.

Another story we shared is about a woman who fell victim to a phone scam, losing her life savings amounting to $21,000. The scammer posed as a representative from the Commonwealth Bank fraud department, led her to download an app, and gained access to her account information. You may learn more about the story here.

If you are worried that someone may have scammed you, it’s always best to contact relevant authorities and let them know. Report any suspicious activities immediately to your bank, the police, and to Scamwatch through this link: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/report-a-scam.

Key Takeaways

• Two brothers, Steven and Cameron Meneghetti, have been charged with organising multiple funds transfers and allegedly scamming over $500,000 from Australians.
• The largest single scam orchestrated by Steven Meneghetti was allegedly a transfer of $500,019 gathered from criminal activity.
• Cameron Meneghetti is also charged with organising a transfer of $250,000, knowing it was from criminal activity, as well as a transfer of $40,018.
• The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reports that Australians lost $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, an 80 per cent increase in 2021.

What do you think of this story, members? Let us know in the comments below!

I hope the law nails these parasites with a lengthy prison sentence and not a bullshit community service order, hope that the judge/magistrate has a decent set of balls and gives them a decent time behind bar's and sell off their assets to recoup the money parasite scum of the earth these two

 

[ElizaKaye]

If they are immigrants they should be sent back to their original country after they serve a long sentence.

 

[Trudi]

If they are immigrants they should be sent back to their original country after they serve a long sentence.

That's a rather broad assumption to make, just because their name is Meneghetti!

 

[mylittletibbies]

I hope the law nails these parasites with a lengthy prison sentence and not a bullshit community service order, hope that the judge/magistrate has a decent set of balls and gives them a decent time behind bar's and sell off their assets to recoup the money parasite scum of the earth these two

Why are they even out on bail, they'll probably disappear long before even getting to court.

 

[Catherines]

Our laws need to change first. If someone is found to have committed a crime they should be held in custody UNTIL TRIED. Magistrates etc letting them off on bail and allowing return to the community is ABSOLUTE STUPIDITY. Crimes should result in milder incarceration until trial, then incarceration to fit the crime imposed. Not this current rubbish of bail or community service etc.

 

[Catherines]

That's a rather broad assumption to make, just because their name is Meneghetti!

I agree with you Trudi. A name means nothing so assuming perhaps they are immigrants and should be sent back to their own country is harsh. Their, parents, grand parents even further back than that may have been immigrants but that doesn’t mean all immigrants are criminals.

 

[Tipsy]

We all know life can be tough, especially when you’re trying to make ends meet.

That said, there’s nothing worse than when somebody takes advantage of innocent people and deceives them out of their hard-earned cash.

This week, two alleged scammers—brothers Cameron and Steven Meneghetti—were charged in Melbourne for an alleged months-long financial crime spree that swindled more than $500,000 from other Aussies.

The biggest scam reportedly happened on April 13, with Steven, aged 29, orchestrating a transfer of $500,019—knowing all this money sourced from crime.

The police also alleged Steven committed multiple fraudulent fund transfers ranging from $7,132 to more than $500,000.

View attachment 30543

Two brothers were charged with multiple financial crime charges after an alleged scam that swindled more than $500,000 from other Australians. Credit: Blogtrepreneur/Flickr

The Victorian Financial Crime Squad charged Steven with 11 counts of financial crime, in relation to the transfers.

Steven was also charged with firearms offences and drug possession.

His younger brother Cameron, aged 21, was also accused of transferring $250,000 on June 15 despite knowing it was gained from crime.

Cameron was also charged for a $40,019 fund transfer on July 8.

The full details of the scam have yet to be revealed. The two brothers are out on bail and will reappear in court for a committal mention—an initial meeting done before a case is heard in court—on November 21.

The scam is one of many that take place in Australia each year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported that Aussies lost $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, a staggering 80 per cent increase on the previous year.

When it comes to our own safety and protecting our wallets, the SDC recommends being careful and vigilant when browsing online and using the internet.

You can always access our Scam Watch forum, where members share scam stories and tips on avoiding being victims of scams. This is also where we post news of recent scams circulating online.

One example is the online investment scam that duped $800,000 from multiple people. The accused scammer created fake websites pretending to be a legitimate financial institution.

He was charged with five counts of obtaining property by deception and five counts of possessing the proceeds of crime. You may learn more about the story here.

Another story we shared is about a woman who fell victim to a phone scam, losing her life savings amounting to $21,000. The scammer posed as a representative from the Commonwealth Bank fraud department, led her to download an app, and gained access to her account information. You may learn more about the story here.

If you are worried that someone may have scammed you, it’s always best to contact relevant authorities and let them know. Report any suspicious activities immediately to your bank, the police, and to Scamwatch through this link: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/report-a-scam.

Key Takeaways

• Two brothers, Steven and Cameron Meneghetti, have been charged with organising multiple funds transfers and allegedly scamming over $500,000 from Australians.
• The largest single scam orchestrated by Steven Meneghetti was allegedly a transfer of $500,019 gathered from criminal activity.
• Cameron Meneghetti is also charged with organising a transfer of $250,000, knowing it was from criminal activity, as well as a transfer of $40,018.
• The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reports that Australians lost $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, an 80 per cent increase in 2021.

What do you think of this story, members? Let us know in the comments below!

And they are out on bail..... So which part of the world do you think they will be by now

 

[Catherines]

And they are out on bail..... So which part of the world do you think they will be by now

Not that easy to flee overseas.

 

[Ricki]

If they are immigrants they should be sent back to their original country after they serve a long sentence.

I must have missed that, where did it say the are immigrants?

 

[phartaman]

We all know life can be tough, especially when you’re trying to make ends meet.

That said, there’s nothing worse than when somebody takes advantage of innocent people and deceives them out of their hard-earned cash.

This week, two alleged scammers—brothers Cameron and Steven Meneghetti—were charged in Melbourne for an alleged months-long financial crime spree that swindled more than $500,000 from other Aussies.

The biggest scam reportedly happened on April 13, with Steven, aged 29, orchestrating a transfer of $500,019—knowing all this money sourced from crime.

The police also alleged Steven committed multiple fraudulent fund transfers ranging from $7,132 to more than $500,000.

View attachment 30543

Two brothers were charged with multiple financial crime charges after an alleged scam that swindled more than $500,000 from other Australians. Credit: Blogtrepreneur/Flickr

The Victorian Financial Crime Squad charged Steven with 11 counts of financial crime, in relation to the transfers.

Steven was also charged with firearms offences and drug possession.

His younger brother Cameron, aged 21, was also accused of transferring $250,000 on June 15 despite knowing it was gained from crime.

Cameron was also charged for a $40,019 fund transfer on July 8.

The full details of the scam have yet to be revealed. The two brothers are out on bail and will reappear in court for a committal mention—an initial meeting done before a case is heard in court—on November 21.

The scam is one of many that take place in Australia each year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported that Aussies lost $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, a staggering 80 per cent increase on the previous year.

When it comes to our own safety and protecting our wallets, the SDC recommends being careful and vigilant when browsing online and using the internet.

You can always access our Scam Watch forum, where members share scam stories and tips on avoiding being victims of scams. This is also where we post news of recent scams circulating online.

One example is the online investment scam that duped $800,000 from multiple people. The accused scammer created fake websites pretending to be a legitimate financial institution.

He was charged with five counts of obtaining property by deception and five counts of possessing the proceeds of crime. You may learn more about the story here.

Another story we shared is about a woman who fell victim to a phone scam, losing her life savings amounting to $21,000. The scammer posed as a representative from the Commonwealth Bank fraud department, led her to download an app, and gained access to her account information. You may learn more about the story here.

If you are worried that someone may have scammed you, it’s always best to contact relevant authorities and let them know. Report any suspicious activities immediately to your bank, the police, and to Scamwatch through this link: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/report-a-scam.

Key Takeaways

• Two brothers, Steven and Cameron Meneghetti, have been charged with organising multiple funds transfers and allegedly scamming over $500,000 from Australians.
• The largest single scam orchestrated by Steven Meneghetti was allegedly a transfer of $500,019 gathered from criminal activity.
• Cameron Meneghetti is also charged with organising a transfer of $250,000, knowing it was from criminal activity, as well as a transfer of $40,018.
• The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reports that Australians lost $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, an 80 per cent increase in 2021.

What do you think of this story, members? Let us know in the comments below!

I must have missed that, where did it say the are immigrants?

I'm tired of hearing how many people getting scammed. I want to hear about these dam scsmmers getting caught what are the police doing about it I want to hear about the scammers getting life behind the bars as they say.