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'Illustrious' career on hold: Cranston suspended from ATO during criminal probe
ATO deputy commissioner appears in court for the first time following an investigation into a $130 million tax fraud scheme.
Rachel Olding is a Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
ATO deputy commissioner appears in court for the first time following an investigation into a $130 million tax fraud scheme.
By February 7 this year, the syndicate which allegedly ran the Plutus Payroll scam had become very nervous about the future of their massive, $165 million fraud.
From a quiet street in Menai to the sands of Bondi Beach, the largest alleged tax fraud syndicate in the country's history had somewhat humble beginnings.
More than half of the $165m stolen by the tax fraud syndicate may never be seen again.
A number of pubs have vowed to take Coopers beer off their taps after a political marketing stunt backfired disastrously on the South Australian brewer.
Chief executive of Dreamworld operators Ardent Leisure, Deborah Thomas, says she will now donate $167,500 of her cash bonus to the Australian Red Cross.
Bottle shops have blamed a rise in liquor theft across NSW on early closing times enforced upon them as part of the state government's suite of lockout laws.
His first email said he would "be someone you never forget". Now the self-styled consumer advocate faces one of the largest defamation bills in NSW history.
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