India, Oct. 13 -- A Sydney-based currency trader was fired after his employer discovered that he was working from Singapore while claiming to be working from home in Australia. The company tracked his laptop to a hotel in Singapore after he failed to return to work following a holiday.

Charles Graham had worked for HIFX Australia, which operates as currency exchange company Xe, for 20 months when the company discovered that he was overseas, according to a report by The Independent.

Graham had previously asked to relocate to Singapore for a year, but his request was rejected in September 2025. He reportedly had a youth mobility visa that he needed to use by mid-November 2025, but the company said that his job was based in Sydney and it d...