A Sydney accountant has been charged with allegedly using his position to help a prominent crime syndicate.
A strike force was established in December 2021 to investigate a Sydney-based accounted allegedly responsible for facilitating money laundering and fraud on behalf of organised crime network members.
At about 9.50am on Tuesday, May 13, police carried out a search warrant at a tax office in the Sydney CBD.
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They allegedly found a number of financial records relating to members of the crime network.
A 43-year-old man was arrested on Edwin Street in Croydon a short time later.
He was charged with multiple fraud-related offences and granted bail to appear in court on June 17.
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On June 20, a 30-year-old man was issued a court attendance notice for July 30 on charges of dishonestly obtaining property by deception.
Police will allege the 30-year-old orchestrated a false mortgage application of a property worth more than $1 million to disguise himself as the beneficiary.
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