Episode 209 - Dominique Grubisa - The Long Con and the Regulators that Looked the Other Way

About this episode

Jack interviews anti-corruption activist Chris Baker about the scams perpetrated by lawyer Dominique Grubisa and the inaction of regulators.

Around 4000 consumers paid $24 million to Dominique Grubisa, a Sydney lawyer. Many of those people were scammed out of their money. In this episode of the Conditional Release Program, Jack interviews anti-corruption activist Chris Baker who details the various grifts Grubisa used to fleece her clients. But what happened to the regulators and the NSW Law Society in particular? Chris gave them years to act but they let Grubisa run for too long.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jack the Insider, Joel Hill

Guest: Chris Baker

Topics covered

• scams
• regulation
• anti-corruption
• legal issues
• consumer protection

Keywords

• Dominique Grubisa
• Chris Baker
• scams
• NSW Law Society
• consumer fraud
• anti-corruption
• legal regulation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NSW Law Society

Places: Sydney

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