Dominic Pantisano accused of rorting more than $600k in alleged schemes
An alleged Melbourne con artist has been accused of rorting more than $600k from a range of financial services by allegedly posing as other people.
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An alleged conman has been accused of numerous elaborate schemes posing as other people to steal more than $600,000.
Dominic Pantisano, 45, fronted the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday after being charged by the Financial Crime Squad late last year.
It is alleged Mr Pantisano posed as other people to deceive financial lenders into loaning him money.
On June 28, 2021, Mr Pantisano allegedly posed as Zia Ur-Rehman Khan and was able to convince Latitude Financial Services to loan him $51,395.84.
The loan was to purchase a car in Mr Ur-Rehman Khan’s name, charge sheets revealed.
Just over a week later, he allegedly posed as Jack Davidson and was able to secure another loan, this time to the tune of $35,395.84.
Nine days later, Mr Pantisano allegedly posed as Mr Davidson again and this time was able to secure $56,514 from Latitude Financial Services.
In total, the alleged fraudster was able to allegedly secure $645,617.20 from a raft of financial services companies allegedly posing as others between June 2021 and December 2021.
He is also charged with possessing identification information such as allegedly having a stash of driver’s licences.
Mr Pantisano, of Melbourne’s CBD, is also accused of submitting false pay slips to help secure the loans.
The alleged fraudster was charged on November 17, 2023 and has been on summons since.
In total, Mr Pantisano is facing 64 charges which relate to dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage.
He will face court again on April 28 where evidence will be tested to determine whether the matter heads to the County Court.
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