FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Plutus payroll - The Untold Story

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

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

Porsche-driving book-keeper 'wilfully blind' to fraud

Christopher Guillan dealt with millions defrauded from taxpayers, but his lawyer says he was tricked after falling into the orbit of a jailed conspirator.

AAP · Nov 14, 2023

Cranston jailed 5 years for her role in tax conspiracy

Lauren Cranston, daughter of an ex-ATO deputy commissioner, has been jailed at five years for her role in a massive tax fraud and money laundering conspiracy.

The New Daily · May 1, 2023

Sydney lawyer Sevag Chalabian, who was part of Plutus Payrolls tax fraud, is jailed for 12 years

A Sydney lawyer has been jailed for 12 years for laundering $24 million as part of the Plutus Payroll tax fraud.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2023

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 jury retires after marathon trial

The jury in the long-running trial over the Plutus Payroll tax scheme has retired to consider verdicts for the five fraud accused.

AAP · Jan 18, 2023

Plutus trial approaches end in NSW court

A judge in the long-running trial over the Plutus Payroll tax scandal is summarising the case against five people before a jury decides their fate.

AAP · Jan 16, 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

Plutus fraudsters led lavish lives: Crown

Adam Cranston and others are accused of using the $105 million Plutus Payroll tax fraud conspiracy to fund lavish lifestyles of fast cars, planes and property.

AAP · May 3, 2022