Two to appear at court on company fraud charges in Lidcombe

Two people will appear at court on fraud charges following investigations into the alleged defrauding of a training company at Lidcombe, NSW Police say.

Late last year, police were contacted by the company who reported a number of irregularities in its accounting.

Police from Flemington Police Area Command commenced inquiries, and will allege a number of fraudulent payments totalling $445,000 were made into two personal bank accounts between 2011 and 2017.

The company has since gone into liquidation.

On Thursday 8 February 2018, a 56-year-old woman, formerly a financial controller with the company, was charged with dishonestly obtain financial advantage etc by deception.

She was granted bail to appear at Burwood Local Court on Thursday 1 March 2018.

Yesterday (Wednesday 21 February 2018), a 72-year-old man, formerly a general manager with the company, was also issued with a court attendance notice for the offence of dishonestly obtain financial advantage etc by deception.

He is due to appear at Burwood Local Court on Thursday 12 April 2018.

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