The 36-year-old son of former ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston has accepted he is facing a “relatively long” stint behind bars,his barrister says.
Patrick Willmott’s role in the $105 million scheme included handling $31 million that should have gone to the Tax Office but did not.
Sydney lawyer Sevag Chalabian has been sentenced to 12 years in jail over washing $24 million in blackmail money linked to the Plutus Payroll scam.
The case against Adam and Lauren Cranston,the children of a former Tax Office deputy commissioner,is languishing in the Supreme Court without a trial date.
We hear there have been multiple approaches to the heavyweight owners with an interest in buying the Vinery Stud,or taking over the whole thing.
Former Tax Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston has landed a job providing advice to the same people he scrutinised while employed as a public servant.
Michael Cranston has been exonerated of misusing his senior position in the public service to pass information on to his entrepreneur son.
The former deputy tax commissioner tells court he"probably shouldn't have"contacted colleagues because it could be misconstrued.
Former deputy tax commissioner Michael Cranston has given evidence for first time in a trial over using his influence to obtain information for his son.
Michael Bede Cranston is on trial in the NSW District Court,accused of acting on the wishes of his son.