The Australian Federal Police (AFP) allege Kelly Fawcett-Mourgues conspired with Agius to defraud the Australian Tax Office of at least $A1m through the South Pacific tax haven of Vanuatu.
Fawcett-Mourgues, who is a partner and client manager at PKF Vanuatu, owned by former Sydney accountant Robert Agius, at the centre of a tax racket said to involve 400 high provile Australian businesspeople, is married to Adrien Mourgues is a member of the EU’ delegation to Vanuatu.
Agius who has been refused bail, is charged with conspiring with Fawcett-Mourgues to defraud the ATO and with money laundering, The Daily Telegraph in Australia reports.
However, the Vanuatu Supreme Court has granted an interim injunction preventing documents authorities seized from PKF and Equity Investment Group, another firm of Australian accountants in Vanuatu, from being handed to Australian investigators.
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