MYSTERIOUS: Plutus | Mind Blowing Facts

Developer forced to repay $11m 'washed' in tax fraud

The liquidators of Plutus Payroll will recoup over $11 million sent to a blackmailer threatening to expose what is now known as Australia's biggest tax fraud.

AAP · Aug 28, 2024

No cash for veteran reporter's 'seven years of torture'

Journalist Stephen Barrett has failed to get a payout of almost $500,000 costs defending allegations of blackmailing the Plutus tax fraudsters.

AAP · Apr 24, 2024

Final man sentenced over Australia's biggest tax fraud

Tax cheats have been warned they cannot evade the law forever after a final jail sentence was issued over the $105 million Plutus payroll fraud.

AAP · Feb 2, 2024

Jury issues guilty verdicts over Plutus Payroll fraud

A jury has found three out of five co-accused guilty for their role in the Plutus Payroll tax scheme which fraudulently netted more than $105 million.

AAP · Mar 7, 2023

Plutus tax fraud trial drawing to close

The judge is summing up the case against five people accused of being involved in one of the biggest white collar crimes in Australian history.

AAP · Jan 12, 2023

Adam Cranston believed Plutus was legit

Adam Cranston has denied involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the tax office, saying he thought Plutus Payroll was legitimate when acquiring the firm in 2016.

AAP · May 4, 2022

Addicts hired as Plutus directors: Crown

Attracting clients with zero fees and rewards programs, Plutus Payroll allegedly hired drug addicts as straw directors as a front for a $105 million tax fraud

AAP · Apr 27, 2022