Mohamed Alameddine: Underworld figure charged with crime prevention order breaches

The lawyer for a prominent Sydney crime figure in strife over his Uber Eats orders has indicated how he will respond to allegations he breached orders designed to prevent him committing offences.

A major Sydney crime figure accused of breaching orders designed to prevent him committing crimes by ordering Uber Eats has indicated he will plead guilty next week.

Mohamad “Moey” Alameddine appeared at Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday after he was charged with five counts of contravening a serious crime prevention order (SCPO).

No pleas have been formally entered.

As previously reported by The Daily Telegraph, the 39-year-old was woken by detectives from State Crime Command’s Criminal Groups Squad earlier this month in relation to the alleged breaches.

He was granted bail just hours later, after his lawyer Michael Ayache told the court he had “to fall on his sword” for “oversights” related to his client’s Uber Eats and Snapchat accounts, along with his bank account details and cars he drives.

Court documents reveal Alameddine allegedly contravened the SCPO between 7.05am on June 28 and 6.34am on November 1.

The 39-year-old answered the door to his CBD unit in a dressing gown. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

Alameddine had only flown back into the country days before his arrest and when he answered the door to his CBD unit, he asked police “can you tell me how I breached it (the SCPO)?”

The 39-year-old soon discovered one of the alleged breaches involved him using the name “Moe Almo” on his Uber Eats account, instead of his full name – Mohamed Alameddine.

Mr Ayache told the court, on the previous occasion, he was “partly responsible” for the alleged breach, saying his client had the username long before the SCPO was imposed by the NSW Supreme Court earlier this year.

Mohamad ‘Moey’ Alameddine leaving Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday.

“I have to fall on my sword as I am partly responsible because I’ve been trying to assist Mr Alameddine,” Mr Ayache said.

“It’s an oversight in terms of not changing his nickname from ‘Mo Almo’ [to Mohamed Alameddine],”

And on Tuesday, represented by Mr Ayache’s colleague Mr Wilson, the court heard a resolution had been agreed with police and a form one – a charge taken into account during sentencing – was being prepared.

Registrar Tim Henderson ultimately adjourned the matter for Alameddine to enter pleas and potentially be sentenced at a later date.