Executor charged as police allege former Choirboys star and brothers defrauded of $1.2m

A star from The Choirboys and his brothers have been allegedly defrauded of more than $1.2 million by the executor of their mother’s estate. See the video.

Exclusive: The co-writer of the Choirboys’ Aussie rock classic Run to Paradise and his brothers have been defrauded of more than $1.2 million by the executor of their mother’s estate, police allege.

The executor, Sydney lawyer Faye Greville, is accused of spending the money on gambling and flying business class to Europe for a lavish holiday.

This masthead can reveal Ms Greville is facing five charges of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and one of dealing with the proceeds of crime.

NSW Police began an investigation in 2021 following allegations by the Law Society of NSW over the execution of the will of Joyce Carr, who died in 2017.

Mrs Carr was the mother of the Choirboys’ lead guitarist Brad Carr and siblings Brett and Scott.

The Choirboys.

It’s understood that Mrs Carr’s estate was meant to be split equally between the brothers.

NSW Police told this masthead they will allege in court that Greville was acting as executor of Mrs Carr’s when she transferred more than $700,000 from a trust fund into her own account in January 2018.

They also intend to accuse Ms Greville of transferring the title of a Mosman house and then obtaining three loans worth nearly $500,000 that were secured against the previously mortgage-free property.

Police allege Greville did not make loan repayments. The Mosman home, which the Carr brothers were living in, had to be sold.

Police forensic accountants allegedly discovered Ms Greville spent $870,000 with online gambling companies and flew business class to Europe as part of purchases totalling $440,000.

NSW Police arrest Annandale lawyer Faye Greville before charging her with fraud offences relating to the estate of a member of 1980s rock band the Choirboys. Picture: Supplied

Greville, 66, was charged last week and is due to appear at Newtown Local Court on February 4. No plea has been entered.

When this masthead asked Greville if she intended to defend the charges, she replied that she had yet to see her lawyer.

“I’m not in any fit state” to comment, she added, because of “heavy medication”.

Asked about allegedly spending some of the Carr brothers’ inheritance on an expensive overseas holiday, she responded: “Where did I go?”

The Carr brothers were contacted for comment.

In August 2020 the court ordered by consent that Greville and a company she solely controlled, FLBS Pty Ltd, pay $1.68m to Brett Carr, who had by that time become administrator of his mother’s estate.

Former Choirboys guitarist Brad Carr, who co-wrote the Aussie rock classic Run to Paradise. Picture: David Swift

But no money was received. So the brothers filed a claim with the Law Society of NSW’s Fidelity Fund, which compensates people due to dishonest or fraudulent acts by lawyers over trust money or property.

The claim was rejected because the fund’s committee found “Ms Greville took deliberate steps to separate her role as executor and trustee of the late Mrs Carr’s will, and later as director of FLBS Pty Ltd as trustee for the B & S Trust and when mortgaging the Mosman property, from her role as solicitor”.

The Carr brothers’ lawyer John Kambas, who pursued the Law Society over Greville’s actions, said: “The boys will be happy that, through my work, justice is being done.”

Originally published as Executor charged as police allege former Choirboys star and brothers defrauded of $1.2m