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‘Stung but determined’: Noosa Mayor responds to $1.9 million Council fraud

Summary by Noosa Today
Noosa Council was the victim last December of a “well-organised cyber fraud” that used “sophisticated social engineering AI techniques” to extract a financial amount of $1.9 million, CEO Larry Sengstock and Mayor Frank Wilkie announced at a press conference Tuesday morning. “We haven’t been able to divulge this information until now because it’s been subject to an international and national investigation and we were obliged to stay quiet on this…
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Noosa Today broke the news in on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
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