Man arrested for allegedly scamming Real Housewives star Krissy Marsh
A man has been charged for allegedly scamming a former Real Housewives of Sydney star out of $500,000. Krissy Marsh was targeted in an alleged scam while she was in the process of buying a $10 million mansion in Noosa.
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A man has been charged for allegedly scamming a former Real Housewives of Sydney star out of $500,000.
Krissy Marsh was targeted in an alleged business email compromise scam while she was midway through settling on a $10 million beachfront home in Noosa.
The alleged scheme involves hackers cracking into business inboxes, intercepting emails and changing account details so payments are made into fraudulent bank accounts.
Often the money is moved from an Australian bank account to an offshore account and the funds can be very difficult to claw back.
Earlier this year, a hacker piggybacked on an email purporting to be from law firm Mills Oakley, which was representing the “property princess” to Credit Suisse.
The bank was involved in the financial side of the Noosa property deal.
The Sunday Telegraph understands the email in this case requested the Eastern Suburbs mother-of-three transfer more than $500,000 as part of the property settlement.
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Unbeknown to everyone involved, the bank account details were allegedly linked to cybercriminals. Sydney City police had a breakthrough on Friday with the arrest of a 28-year-old man who allegedly helped move the money.
It will be alleged the man received the money in his bank account and, following instructions, purchased gold bullion with it.
That was then passed on to another person, who hasn’t been charged yet. The Hillsdale man was charged with knowingly deal with proceeds of crime and make false statement in a statutory declaration. He appears on October 28.