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Westpac wins $15m fruit stand fraud case

Lucas Baird
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The owners of a western Sydney fruit stand and their staff fabricated financial records for more than five years to steal $15 million from Westpac; money that was used to expand a Northern Territory farming empire and pay down mortgages on houses in Sydney’s leafy inner-west, a court has found.

Fresh Xpress passed the fraudulently obtained money onto farming interests also owned by the Musumeci family. 

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Lucas Baird is a journalist based in The Australian Financial Review's Sydney office. Connect with Lucas on Twitter. Email Lucas at lucas.baird@afr.com

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