Criminal Groups Squad detectives have charged an accountant who allegedly used his professional position to enable criminal activity for a prominent Organised Crime Network (OCN).
One of his clients – an alleged member of the high-profile OCN – has also been charged in relation to an alleged mortgage fraud.
Strike Force Eeley was established by State Crime Command's Criminal Groups Squad, with the NSW Crime Commission, in December 2021 to investigate a Sydney-based accountant allegedly responsible for facilitating money laundering and fraud on behalf of members of the OCN.
Following extensive inquiries, about 9.50am on Tuesday 13 May 2025, strike force detectives executed a search warrant at a taxation office in Sydney's CBD.
During the search, police located a number of both physical and electronic financial records relating to members of the OCN.
A short time later, a 43-year-old man was arrested on Edwin Street in Croydon.
The man was taken to Burwood Police Station, where he was charged with two counts of publish etc false misleading material to obtain advantage and two counts of make false document to obtain financial advantage etc.
He was granted conditional bail and appeared in Burwood Local Court on Tuesday 17 June 2025.
On Friday 20 June 2025, a 30-year-old man was issued a Future Court Attendance Notice charged with dishonestly obtain property by deception.
The man is due to appear before Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday 30 July 2025.
Police will allege in court the 30-year-old man orchestrated a false mortgage application for a property worth over $1 million to disguise himself as the beneficiary of the property.
Anyone with information that may assist investigations into organised criminal activity is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
