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