New Sydney office for the CDPP
The CDPP Sydney office is now located at 52 World Square, 52 Goulburn Street, Sydney, NSW.
Physical access to the offices is via reception on Level 19.
Telephone numbers, email addresses and postal address remain the same:
Commonwealth DPP
Locked Bag A4020
SYDNEY SOUTH NSW 1235
Phone: (02) 9321 1100
Fax: (02) 9264 8241
Email: sydney@cdpp.gov.au
Prosecution Performance Indicators 2022-23
| Description | Target | Outcome | Details successful (Total) |
| Prosecutions resulting in a finding of guilt (total matters) * | 90% | 97% | 1506 (1546) |
| Prosecutions resulting in a finding of guilt (defended matters) | 70% | 65% | 73 (113) |
Prosecution Statistics for 2022-23
During 2022-23 financial year, we received over 2192 new referrals from 50 referring agencies, this includes 40 Commonwealth investigative agencies and 10 state and territory agencies.
The following tables set out details of prosecutions we conducted in 2022-2023.
Statutory Function Statistics for 2023-2024
Discontinuance of a prosecution following commitment to trial or the filing of an indictment
After an accused has been committed for trial, the question sometimes arises whether the prosecution should continue. This can arise as a result of an application made by the accused or on the CDPP’s own initiative.
Director of Courtenay House sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment for running Australia’s largest Ponzi scheme
Tony Iervasi ran a trading business called ‘Courtenay Trading’ based in Bondi Junction NSW, in which clients deposited funds for the purported purpose of investing in foreign exchange and futures trading. From its inception, the trading business was a Ponzi scheme. Mr Iervasi defrauded about 585 investors, who invested over $180 million for the purpose of trading those funds.
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Director of Courtenay House sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment for running Australia’s largest Ponzi scheme
On 2 September 2024, Tony Iervasi was sentenced in the New South Wales Supreme Court to 11 years’ imprisonment with a non-parole period of seven years. This followed a plea of guilty to four counts of engaging in dishonest conduct in relation to a financial product or financial service and one count of carrying on an unlicensed financial services business, contrary to ss 1041G and 911A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) respectively.
Melbourne woman sentenced to four years imprisonment for dishonestly obtaining almost $600,000 in GST refunds
Ms Tahra Wyntjes lodged 27 false Business Activity Statements (BAS) with the ATO, overstating the total sales, GST on sales and GST on purchases purportedly made for her cleaning business. On 16 October 2024, Ms Wyntjes was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of two years and four months. She was also ordered to pay $599,349 in reparations to the Commissioner of Taxation.
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Melbourne woman sentenced to four years imprisonment for dishonestly obtaining almost $600,000 in GST refunds
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.
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) Annual Report 2023-24
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Annual Report 2023 – 2024
The HTML version of the Annual Report 2023–24 can be viewed on the Transparency Portal. You can also download a PDF version of the Annual Report 2023-24 below.
| Attachment | Size |
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| Annual Report 2023 – 2024 | 4.3 MB |