Gold Coast fraudsters: Zoe Mylius, Adam Jackson, Tina Harris, Arabella Anderson, Tina Bartlem, Heather Grace
They were supposed to be the backbone of a business – instead these fraudsters swindled up to hundreds of thousands of dollars from their employers. FULL LIST >>>
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THEY were supposed to be the backbone of a business … instead these fraudsters swindled up to hundreds of thousands of dollars from their employers.
From the Strip Club bookkeeper who paid herself nearly $1 million, to a theme park staff member with sticky fingers, here are some dishonest Coast employees.
Zoe Sandra Mylius
Jailed for stealing nearly $800,000 from her doctor boss
The former practice manager stole nearly $800,000 from her Gold Coast employer by using her bank account details to accept health fund rebates meant for her boss.
Zoe Sandra Mylius, 60, in May 2021, pleaded guilty to fraud, dishonestly cause detriment by employee value of at least $100,000, and fraud, dishonestly cause detriment by employee value of at least $30,000.
Crown prosecutor Kathleen Christopherson said in August 2013 Mylius filled out a HCF remittance form and changed the bank account details from her boss’s to her own.
Mylius received $774,000 between 2013 and 2020.
She was convicted and sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail with a parole release date of September 13, 2022.
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Adam Matthew Jackson
Convicted for stealing more than $1.3 million from Gold Coast company
The former chief financial officer between 2014 and 2018 stole more than $1.3 million from Gold Coast company LocalSearch.
Jackson diverted the money over three years and 10 months and used it to buy cars, overseas holidays and house renovations.
He was sentenced in February 2021 to nine years prison in the Southport District Court after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud between August 2014 and May 2018.
Tina Harris
Forced a Surfers Paradise strip club into liquidation after stealing about $1 million
Tina Harris will remain behind bars until at least June 2023 after stealing about $1 million from Surfers Paradise strip club Players Showgirls.
Harris was trusted by Players Group owner Paul Janice Petrie to act as bookkeeper and pay the company’s wages and bills between July 2008 and July 2013.
She was caught by a forensic accountant transferring between $50 and $30,000 into her own bank accounts and to family and friends.
Harris was sentenced to eight years in prison with parole eligibility on June 24, 2023 after pleading guilty to one count of fraud.
Arabella Violet Anderson
Stole more than $710,00 from Paradise Point company Wraith Capital Group
The serial fraudster was on parole when she stole more than $710,000 to buy a Range Rover, boat, jet ski, designer clothes and travel for her family.
Anderson made 75 unauthorised transactions from her employer Wraith Capital Group to her own bank account between March 2015 and June 2016.
In January 2019, Anderson was sentenced to eight years prison with parole eligibility in July 2020 after pleading guilty in Southport District Court to fraud.
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Tina Maree Bartlem
Siphoned almost $800,000 from Robina Town Dental
The Gold Coast mother was jailed in 2017 for seven years for siphoning almost $800,000 from her boss.
Bartlem transferred money from Robina Town Dental into her own account at least 250 times over three years between 2008 and 2011 while working as practice manager.
On June 1, 2017 Bartlem pleaded guilty to several charges of fraud.
A psychological report revealed Bartlem began stealing the money to help out her late father, Grahame Colwell, who allegedly lost everything through a Nigerian scam. Bartlem also used business credit cards to buy three nights accommodation at a Peppers hotel and personalised licence plates, court documents show.
The mother of one told a psychiatrist she went on holidays to New Zealand and Hawaii with her family but was “at a loss to understand where all the money went”.
She stole $724,966.53.
Heather Maree Grace
Embezzled more than $30,000 from not-for-profit animal rescue organisations
The former accountant was stripped of her credentials after ripping off a string of animal rescue organisations across the country.
Grace pleaded guilty in July, 2019 to seven counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and one count of insurance fraud.
Grace, who was 49 at sentencing, had been operating Been Accounting at Cootamundra when she offered her services to seven groups, the court was told.
She was sentenced to 18 months jail with a non-parole period of nine months and ordered to pay compensation.
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