Helen Rosamond enters court on charges of defrauding NAB for millions of dollars through an invoice kickback scheme.Credit:Oscar Colman
The Crown alleges Rosamond sent falsified and inflated invoices from her event management company Human Group to NAB between 2013 and 2017 and paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to Rosemary Rogers,chief of staff in the office of the bank’s then-chief executive,to ensure they were paid.
The court has previously heard allegations Rosamond paid for luxury travel,accommodation,and a vehicle for Rogers,in return for Rogers approving inflated invoices that incorrectly attributed Rosamond’s personal expenses to NAB,including $228,747 for an interior designer to furnish her home.
Interior designer Robbie Nicol gave evidence in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Monday that she helped furnish Rosamond’s Potts Point home in 2017. It was a “complete fitout of the terrace”,Nicol said.
Nicol said Rosamond’s company,Human Group,was not her client. However,she told the court Rosamond instructed her to “make invoices out to the Human Group” when charging for her interior design services.
The invoices referred to the services as “re project 106”,the court heard. Nicol said this was not a description relating to her own bookkeeping.
The first invoice,sent in June 2017,totalled $175,943,while the second,sent in July,subtracted that amount from a grand total of $228,747,leaving a balance of $52,804. Nicol told the court she had been paid in full.