{"id":622776,"date":"2026-04-22T04:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622776\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:07:11","slug":"solicitor-charged-over-alleged-role-in-25-million-sydney-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622776\/","title":{"rendered":"Solicitor charged over alleged role in $25 million Sydney fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Sydney\">Sydney<\/a> solicitor has been charged after allegedly helping facilitate a scheme where properties worth $25 million were fraudulently purchased.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Police\">Police<\/a> also allege he laundered millions of dollars on behalf of a criminal syndicate that is accused of using stolen information to apply for loans through financial institutions to purchase &#8220;ghost cars&#8221; that did not exist.<\/p>\n<p>The syndicate also allegedly orchestrated large-scale personal, business and home loan fraud.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/4066acec-f718-4f01-8dcf-95a150b5601d.jpeg\"   alt=\"The lawyer allegedly helped launder money for a criminal syndicate.\"\/>The lawyer allegedly helped launder money for a criminal syndicate. (Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>Police investigations led to an early morning raid by Raptor squad on a home in Punchbowl, where a 32-year-old man was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The man, a director and principal of a law firm, was charged with six counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception, five counts of knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime, and participating in a criminal group that commits criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>He was refused bail to appear in Bankstown Local Court today.<\/p>\n<p>A second search warrant was also executed at an office in Sydney&#8217;s CBD.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/2ceb3ff2-bea4-4557-8b20-109f6998e3f4.jpeg\"   alt=\"NSW Police have charged 24 people in rleation to the alleged fraud.\"\/>NSW Police have charged 24 people in rleation to the alleged fraud. (Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>Police said investigations were ongoing, with multiple persons of interest already being charged.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To date, we&#8217;ve charged mules, facilitators and financial professionals \u2013 including bankers \u2013 who played a role in enabling this criminal network,&#8221; said Detective Superintendent Gordon Arbinja, the commander of the Financial Crimes Squad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This arrest is the first professional facilitator in a legal capacity charged under this strike force, and it sends a clear message that no role or qualification places anyone above the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/nsw-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"NSW Police\">NSW Police<\/a> say 24 people have been charged and remain before the courts, with the NSW Crime Commission having restrained $95 million in assets.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Sydney solicitor has been charged after allegedly helping facilitate a scheme where properties worth $25 million were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-622776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}