Jack Audino: A Dandenong criminal committed a series of thefts, scammed people out of thousands

A Dandenong crook claimed he was a Comanchero bikie during the shocking attempted robbery of an AusPost worker.

Jack Audino attempted to steal $48,000 from a person’s bank account before he was caught.

A Dandenong crook who claimed he was an outlaw bikie went on a crime spree and stole bank cards, threatened to “put bullets” in an AusPost worker and attempted to steal $48,000 from a financial institution.

Jack Audino was sentenced in the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on Friday to charges of obtaining financial advantage through deception, make threat to inflict serious injury, assault, theft and other charges.

Audino was getting a lift from an old friend in October of 2020 when they stopped at a post office in the Dandenong mall.

He was waiting in the car for his friend to return when he saw an AusPost driver pull up and begin to unload parcels.

The court heard Audino then approached the worker and tried to get him to hand over the parcels, saying they were his.

When the worker refused, Audino began shouting racist remarks, pushed him in the chest and said: “I’m a Comanchero bikie, I will put bullets in you”.

Seven months before, Audino made four unauthorised transactions from a bank account into his, worth about $48,000.

The victim discovered the transactions after My Life My Finance called him to say his account had been drained and he had insufficient funds.

The court heard over the next six months Audino went on a rampage and stole bank cards — which he used to purchase various items — cars and eftpos machines valued at over $500.

He was placed in custody in October and spent 537 days in prison before he was bailed in June this year when he stole another car and was caught with Butanediol.

Audino went back to remand and served another 93 days and appeared in court via video link from Ravenhall prison.

Magistrate Kilias handed down a sentence of 150 hours of unpaid community work and 93 days behind bars.