Mark Uytendaal lost his life savings in a fake AMP term deposit scam. His story is just the tip of the iceberg. Australian banking laws and weak consumer protections enable organised crime syndicates to plunder everyday Australians’ savings—money meant for homes, retirement, and looking after ageing parents. Banks allow these stolen funds to be laundered overseas, often never to be recovered. This episode dives into the shocking NSW Supreme Court case O’Brien v Supercheap Security. The case reveals how bank impersonation scams have become a powerful tool for transnational crime gangs, operating with impunity, while overwhelmed police and dispute resolution services struggle to keep up. Mark and his mother Kerry lost their dream duplex. Jo O’Brien had her $500,000 divorce settlement stolen. These victims took unprecedented legal action, initially suing NAB for hosting the fraudulent mule account in the name of Supercheap Security. They lost that action, but then took action against three defendants—Hassan Mehdi, Supercheap Security and NAB— to win the case, with the bank struck out to shield them from explaining what happened. Justice Nixon ordering Supercheap Security’s director, Hassan Mehdi, to repay the victims’ losses, interest, and legal costs. Here’s the kicker: Mehdi hasn’t paid a cent, owning no property in Australia and facing a bankruptcy process that could take years. The banks don’t have to pay a thing. Victorian Police can’t do a thing. Victims are left holding the (very empty) bag.

From gullible to guilty: how a work-from-home job scam stole $255,000 and turned a Melbourne mum into a money launderer for Chinese organised crime scammer, Neala. Discover the dark world of socially engineered job scams—a growing crisis costing victims billions. Discover how manipulative Neala used WhatsApp and deep knowledge of how Aussie banks work to steal from people she recruits through work-from-home job ads on Facebook. With insights from John Hempton, founder of Bronte Capital, this episode reveals the chilling truth about how fraud impacts financial markets, as well as people. Loveeta, a Melbourne mother who lost $255,000 to a fake remote job opportunity. What began as a promising way to support her family spiralled into financial and emotional devastation. Her story is just one part of a global cybercrime epidemic of mule accounts, WhatsApp groups, and social engineering tricks to deceive people.

Organised criminals are mimicking banks so convincingly that even finance professionals fall victim to their digital bank robberies. This gripping episode uncovers the extraordinary stories of Australians like Jacomi and David, who fought back against the odds to reclaim their stolen fortunes.

Jacomi is a finance professional conned out of $760K after her husband’s death. Her relentless pursuit—helped by media and a Treasury insider—led to a miraculous recovery.

David spent 5 years to recover $1M lost to a fraudulent investment scheme, exposing banks that ignored regulator warnings.

Despite the trauma, these victims uncovered systemic failures in fraud prevention, and their resilience is a wake-up call for us all. Learn how to protect yourself and uncover the flaws in Australia’s fight against financial crime.

We lift the lid on the hi tech heists stealing billions from unsuspecting Australians, targeted for their valuable real estate and savings. Daylight Robbery explores the raft of digital bank robberies happening across Australian banks. We interview investigators, victims and finance experts to explain how shady scam syndicates operate across borders to commit digital bank robbery at an industrial scale. We lift the lid on the complex web of legitimate companies using sock puppets, tech-savvy mules and artful forgeries to financially ruin Australians and take their hard-earned money offshore to be used to fund war, human trafficking, sex crimes and worse.

Australia is under siege from digital bank robbery, a crime where the getaway car is nearly always a mule bank account. Organised crime syndicates operate shadow call centres from South East Asian countries but come from Britain, Russia, China and Israel and target first home buyers, retirees, and anyone needing to do a large bank transfer. They steal billions from Australians every year. In this episode, Ken Gamble and Dan Halpin, leading Australian investigators fighting back against industrial-scale scams explain how overseas criminal networks exploit Australian law and banking loopholes to steal millions. We also explore shocking revelations about banks ignoring early warnings, the devastating emotional toll on victims like Harriet, and the global crime web fueling human trafficking, terrorism, and drug cartels. Produced and researched: Alex Brooks - www.contentrenegade.com and www.alexbrooks.com.au Original cinematography and sound: Kevin May Stock footage & music: Artlist, Canva Pro Robbery - bank exterior.wav by Kevin_Manickam from freesound License: Creative Commons 0 Audio mixed by Bryan Murphy

This bloodless true crime story investigates how the violent armed bank robberies Australia dealt with in the 1970s and 1980s have morphed into the most profitable crime on earth through digital bank robberies. We talk to Australian first home buyers battling the second most expensive real estate prices on the planet who are losing tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars in digital bank robberies raising funds for organised crime gangs overseas. Investigators Ken Gamble and Dan Halpin explain how international crime gangs target Australians in hi tech heists that raise millions at a time, exploiting loopholes in our local laws. These investigators say Australians are being targeted for their property, savings and superannuation wealth, while other countries crack down, making us softer targets.