NSW Crime Commission puts caveats on alleged cocaine dealer’s properties
Sydney socialite and accused cocaine supplier Matthew Doyle allegedly handed more than $500,000 in cash to “undercover operatives”, court documents show.
NSW
Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News.
Sydney socialite and accused cocaine supplier Matthew Doyle allegedly handed more than $500,000 in cash to “undercover operatives”, according to court documents filed by the NSW Crime Commission.
New details in the case against Doyle have emerged through a NSW Crime Commission application in the NSW Supreme Court to freeze Doyle’s real estate holdings, companies and flash cars.
The 31 year old was charged along with Jared Hart and Raul Kesby, over the supply of 300kg of cocaine and has been remanded in custody until he faces court next week.
The successful proceeds of crime submission made by the Commission claimed Doyle made two massive payments to undercover police this year including on September 4, the day he was arrested.
MORE
Socialite’s cocaine arrest case spreads to the US
“Cash in the amount of approximately $219,000 handed to [a] NSW Police Force undercover operative on 26 July 2019,” the Commission alleged.
“Cash in the amount of approximately $300,000 handed to [a] NSW Police Force undercover operative on 4 September 2019.”
Also frozen by the Supreme Court order was Doyle’s $2 million home on Dolans Rd, Burraneer and Doyle’s latest project, the construction of three townhouses on Dudley Ave at Caringbah South.
A 2017 Land Rover RR Sport and 2018 Toyota Hilux was also listed on the summons.
The court also granted the Commission control of Doyle’s shares in 16 different companies, with names including Doyles Auto Marine Trimmers, Café Lema and Rose Gold Group.
Doyle was also ordered to be examined under oath “concerning his affairs” including any properties he holds and interest in.
His wife, socialite publicist Kelsea Nagel Doyle, who is not accused of any crime, remains living in the home, where she emerged briefly yesterday wearing an over-sized denim jacket. A family member who arrived with groceries declined to speak to The Daily Telegraph, only saying: “No, not today.”
Staying mostly hidden inside her home is a marked change for Mrs Doyle from the lavish Instagram depictions of sunny days on boats and at bars with her husband.
MORE
Socialite wife of alleged cocaine dealer takes $350k hit on Cronulla apartment
The Burraneer home replaced an older style brick home which Doyle bought in 2017 for $1.64 million and then demolished.
He then created dual-occupancy homes costing $969,000, according to plans lodged by Couvaras Architect, set within gardens by R+M Landscape Architecture.
Doyle quickly sold the other half of the duplex, which came with concrete plunge pool, late last year for $2 million.
The property is registered solely in Matthew Doyle’s name.
The caveat, secured last week, was lodged on the title on Wednesday.
Doyle’s latest property project, three townhouses in Caringbah South, has also been hit with a caveat.
The three townhouse project at 4 Dudley Ave have been marketed as set for late 2019 completion, with the strata plan currently awaiting registration. The townhouses remain for sale on a local agent’s website.
The 1100sqm site was secured at a $2.2 million cost earlier this year by the Doyle-directed M Property Group with NAB financing the project.
The contemporary townhouses were marketed by Highland Project Marketing as a “spectacular fusion of architectural and interior design.”
“Effectively combining high quality finishes, uncompromising detail and a dynamic well thought-out design that can be enjoyed both inside and outside,” it said.
Doyle is a co-director of a company, Wollongong 88 that own an 8,095 sqm industrial site in North Wollongong.
There is no caveat on the title of the Montague Street premises that cost $3.2 million for the industrial property in 2017.
In June this year a Doyle-directed company offloaded an Artarmon industrial property for $1.65 million which had been bought for $1 million in late 2017.
Doyle’s wife recently suffered a significant financial hit, selling her Cronulla apartment last month at a loss of $350,000.
The Tara Maree apartment with ocean views was bought off the plan in April 2017 for $2.25 million.
It sold in early August for $1.9 million.