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Imran AliSenior Court Reporter

Imran Ali is a senior court reporter for the Herald Sun, based in Melbourne. He has more than 20 years experience in news reporting across Fiji, New Zealand and now in Melbourne. He takes a keen interest in rugby.

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South East

Some of Anthony Del Vecchio's victims outside the County Court following his guilty pleas.

Award-winning financial adviser fleeces family and friends of $4.4m

Family and friends of an award-winning Melbourne financial adviser have spoken of their heartbreak at being fleeced out $4.4m by the con artist.

South East

Luke Raymond Bingham was arrested at his Cranbourne house over his involvement in dark web drug trafficking under the user name

Cranbourne dark web drug trafficker jailed after selling to cops

An out-of-work tattooist has been jailed after he was caught trafficking LSD and cannabis over the dark web and mailing the drugs across the country, including to police operatives.

Bass Coast News

The unmarked police car Matthew Herrere stole and crashed into another vehicle during a police pursuit.

Thug steals police car and nearly kills a motorist while on bail

A Melbourne thug out on bail drove off in a police car while his partner in crime was being arrested and slammed the vehicle into a Holden Rodeo, seriously injuring its driver.

South East

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 02, 2024: Habib Musa, 27, leaves the Melbourne Magistrates' Court after being charged with arson following a blaze at Caulfield burger shop Burgertory. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Burgertory arsonist received big bucks for explosive crime

A drug addict told undercover cops he and two others were paid $20k to torch a Caulfield burger joint that sparked volatile protests amid claims of a hate crime.

North West

Former Keilor Thunder Basketball head coach and high performance manager Liam Glascott is expected to be charged on summons as part of an investigation into a sexual assault. Picture: Supplied,

Well-known Melbourne basketball coach facing sex charges

A decorated basketball coach has been charged with a raft of alleged sexual offending, including rape, that allegedly took place in Melbourne’s northwest.

Ballarat

Man in prison hands of behind hold Steel cage jail bars. offender criminal locked in jail.

Ex-Corrections’ officer to dob in son if he breaches bail, court hears

The son of a former Corrections’ officer facing charges of grooming and producing sickening child abuse material poses no risk if he’s released on bail, a court has ruled.

West

Award-winning community leader and prominent cricket coach Gaurav Malhotra has gone to jail for obtaining $11m in loans for home buyers using fraudulent documents.

Volunteer of the year rorts banks to obtain $11m in loans

An award-winning community leader and prominent cricket coach in Melbourne’s west posed as a fake financial broker to scam $11m.

Inner East

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, AUGUST 13, 2022. Traffic stock for infringement story Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

A sneaky demerit point scam paid off, so this Melb woman did it again … 1300 times

A Melbourne woman earned more than $446,000 by offering to take demerit points for bad drivers before ultimately sending in innocent motorists’ licences to Fines Victoria.

North

Fawkner Airport Motor Inn, now under new management and trading under a different name, where fraudsters David Stakic and Apostolos Lapatis befriended the business owners Robin and Roslyn Nagorcka.

Jail sentences of motel con artists ‘inadequate’: DPP

Two con artists who tricked the owners of a motel into giving them nearly $3m should spend longer in jail, the DPP has argued.

South East

Verdict in for man accused of fleecing nearly $200k from pensioner

Jurors have delivered their verdict in the case of a landscaper accused of fleecing a pensioner friend of nearly $200k.

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