Victoria

On 3 November 2021, Ms Tahra Wyntjes registered herself as a sole trader for a business purportedly providing cleaning services. Between 17 November 2021 and 11 March 2022, she lodged 27 false Business Activity Statements (BAS) with the ATO, comprising eight original BAS and 19 amended BAS lodgements. In the BAS, she overstated the total sales, GST on sales and GST on purchases purportedly made for her cleaning business. Ms Wyntjes did not carry on any business activity and had no business income or expenses throughout the period of offending.

Di Sanh Duong was the first person in Australia to be convicted of a foreign interference offence since the National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill amended the Criminal Code in 2018.

Carson Au submitted 76 false Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) claims, was investigated, charged and pleaded guilty to one charge of Obtaining a Financial Advantage by Deception contrary to s134.2(1) of the Criminal Code and one further charge of Obtaining a Financial Advantage by Deception contrary to s134.2(1) of the Criminal Code on a 16BA Schedule. On 2 February 2023, he was sentenced to of 2 years of imprisonment with 8 months to be served in custody before being released on a $5000 good behaviour bond for 2 years.

On 23 April 2021, a Victorian Supreme Court jury found Mrs Kumunthini Kannan and Mr Kandasamy Kannan guilty of possessing and using a person as a domestic slave in their Melbourne home. This followed an investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and lengthy prosecution by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.

Linden Phillips submitted fraudulent GST claims, was audited, investigated, charged and pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage from the Commonwealth contrary to s134.2(1) of the Criminal Code, one charge of attempting to dishonestly obtain a financial advantage from the Commonwealth contrary to sections 11.1 and 134.2(1) of the Criminal Code and one charge of dealing in proceeds of crime worth $100,000 or more contrary to s400.4(1) of the Criminal Code.

On 15 June 2022, the County Court of Victoria convicted and fined Avanteos $1.71 million for failing to update defective disclosure statements, which the Court described as a very serious failure of corporate governance.