Craig Thomson, the former Labor MP for Dobell, has been arrested after police alleged he was the primary organiser of a multi-million dollar migration fraud. The former parliamentarian was arrested at his home in Terrigal on the central New South Wales coast after a long-running investigation which saw the Australian Federal Police search Thomson’s residence in Wamberal in July. Police allege that Thomson facilitated more than 130 fraudulent visa applications over four years, including providing false materials or misleading information and making more than AU$2 million in profits. In a statement, Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed they arrested a man for “allegedly being the primary facilitator of a multi-million-dollar migration fraud.” The joint agency investigation into Thomson, led by the AFP and comprising the Australian Border Force (ABF), AUSTRAC, the Australian Taxation Office and the Department of Home Affairs, was triggered by an ABF investigation into allegations of significant visa and …
Former Australian Labor MP Craig Thomson Arrested Over Alleged Multi-Million Dollar Migration Fraud
November 17, 2021
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