Mr Cranston has been issued with a court attendance notice for allegedly publicly abusing his position as a public officer in a senior official of the Commonwealth, the AFP said on Thursday.
Mr Cranston’s 30-year-old son Adam and eight other people have been arrested over a $165 million tax fraud investigation.
The arrests were made following an eight-month investigation, codenamed Operation Elbrus, with assistance from ATO, Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Thursday.
“The scale of this allege fraud is unprecedented for the AFP,” said Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Operations Leanne Close on Thursday.
It is a significant fraud investigation, financial fraud criminal investigation, that the AFP has led since 2016.
“It appears that his son has asked him to access some information potentially,” Ms Close told reporters in Sydney.
“We don’t believe that at this point that he had any knowledge of the actual conspiracy and the defrauding.”
Ms Close said assets seized in the past two days include 25 motor vehicles – luxury, vintage and racing vehicles – 18 residential properties, 12 motorbikes, in excess of 100 bank accounts and share trading accounts, two aircraft. firearms and jewellery, artwork, vintage wines and at least $1 million located in a safety deposit box.
Adam Cranston, 30, is due to face Sydney’s Central Local Court on Thursday morning charged with conspiracy to defraud the commonwealth.
He was arrested at Bondi during 27 raids on homes and businesses across Sydney on Wednesday.
A further six search warrants will be executed on Thurs
Source: ATO deputy caught up in tax fraud bust | Perth Now
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