October
Juror misconduct probe flagged for Plutus tax fraud trial
Sheriffs will be asked to probe possible juror misconduct in the Plutus tax fraud trial, which ran for nine months and led to five people being jailed.
- Miklos Bolza
April
New Seven expenses scandal as Spotlight boss enlists lawyer
Mark Llewellyn, executive producer of Seven’s flagship current affairs show, has tapped John Laxon for advice, as the network deals with new allegations of corporate wrongdoing.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
May 2023
Judge blasts Dreyfus in Plutus tax fraud case
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Payne says the attorney-general’s move to cease funding the legal representation of Adam Cranston is ‘fundamentally unfair’.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
July 2020
- Investigation
- Tax avoidance
How Plutus accused connected with George Alex
Adam Cranston's comeback plan, after being charged with tax fraud, involved going into business with a company allegedly controlled by criminals and getting his father, a former top Tax Office official, involved.
- Neil Chenoweth and David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Tax avoidance
Plutus accused has link to George Alex
The alleged architect of the Plutus tax fraud held a senior role in a business that police allege was secretly controlled by George Alex and Michael Ibrahim.
- David Marin-Guzman and Neil Chenoweth
Fourth Plutus tax fraud conspirator sentenced to jail
A conspirator in the country's largest tax fraud has been jailed for her role in handling a sophisticated network of dummy companies from a 'back office' of the syndicate.
- David Marin-Guzman
December 2019
Plutus tax fraud 'lackey' pleads guilty to money laundering
Bricklayer Aaron Paul said he served as a "butler" for Adam Cranston, who has been accused of organising one of the country's largest tax frauds.
- David Marin-Guzman
July 2019
Sydney developer admits to blackmail in ATO fraud
A Sydney property developer has pleaded guilty to extorting $5 million from the accused tax fraudsters in the Plutus Payroll case.
- David Marin-Guzman