Fed: 12 charged over $10 million tax evasion scheme

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2009
Fed: 12 charged over $10 million tax evasion scheme

Twelve people have been charged over a 10 million dollar offshore tax evasion and money
laundering scheme.

A total of 153 charges have been laid against a Sydney accountant .. her husband and
10 of her clients as part of the Australian Tax Office's Project Wickenby.

The charges follow federal police raids on business and residential premises in Sydney
in 2007 .. and a Vanuatu police raid on an associated business in Port Vila last April.

The 62-year-old Warriewood woman allegedly behind the scheme faces up to 20 years in
jail if convicted of charges including conspiring to defraud the commonwealth.

The other 11 people are accused of money laundering and other offences.

They're all due to appear in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court today.

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KEYWORD: WICKENBY (SYDNEY)

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