The 54-year-old Earlwood man will appear in Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday, charged with recklessly dealing with the proceeds of crime to the value of $100,000 or more. The maximum penalty for this offence is 10 years imprisonment. The Australian Federal Police issued the man with a court attendance notice on Sept. 9 as part of their investigations into a vast criminal syndicate that used labour hire and payroll companies associated with the building and construction industry to defraud the Commonwealth. The investigation into the syndicate began in December 2018, as a result of AFP investigators following up intelligence identified through a number of other organised crime investigations. The AFP partnered with the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce to target the conspiracy to siphon off money that should have been paid to the Australian Taxation Office. It will be alleged in court the man received and possessed a total of …
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