A raid carried out by the Australian Federal Police on a home in Melbourne whose inhabitant was suspected of attempting to obtain credit card details via an online forum has not yet led to any arrests or charges.
Questions are being raised in law enforcement and computer forensics circles about the manner in which the Australian Federal Police appeared to handle the Melbourne dawn raid that appeared on Four Corners last week.
The Australian Federal Police today confirmed it had not yet made any arrests from a highly publicised raid on an alleged internet fraudster in Melbourne, despite holding evidence for around a week.
The Victorian and Australian Federal Police forces last week raided a suspected internet fraudster based in Melbourne, the ABC's Four Corners revealed last night.
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