Revealed: the raid that set off Australia’s biggest insider-trading case
Fifteen officers, two sniffer dogs and a locked bedroom door. It was May 9, 2014, and Christopher Hill was just about to find out exactly what his partner-in-crime had been up to.
Lukas Kamay tries to cover his face as he leaves a Melbourne court in 2014. Wayne Taylor
It was just before dawn when the police quietly let themselves into Christopher Hill’s blond-brick apartment in the outer Canberra suburb of Belconnen.
Fifteen officers from the Australian Federal Police had “kitted up” that Friday morning in May 2014, accompanied by two sniffer dogs trained to detect large quantities of cash.
Angus GriggNational affairs correspondentAngus Grigg is an investigative reporter based in Sydney. He has worked as a foreign correpondent in China and Indonesia, and has won two Walkley Awards. Connect with Angus on Twitter. Email Angus at agrigg@afr.com
