Serial conman Peter Forster will hand himself into Queensland police to fight fraud charges after being accused of stealing $2million in cryptocurrency.
Police issue fresh warrant after Peter Foster failed to appear in court
Foster was arrested on a beach in Queensland last year and spent seven months in custody before being released on bail
NSW police are yet to locate Peter Foster, after Queensland police issued a fresh warrant on fraud offences. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
NSW police are yet to locate Peter Foster, after Queensland police issued a fresh warrant on fraud offences. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
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Thu 20 May 2021 21.29 EDT
Peter Foster remains at large after New South Wales prosecutors dropped more than a dozen charges against him and Queensland police stepped in to issue a fresh arrest warrant on fraud offences.
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Subscriber only Queensland Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of Peter Foster after a string of charges were withdrawn against the conman in New South Wales. The 58-year-old was crash-tackled in a dramatic arrest on a Port Douglas beach in August last year and extradited to New South Wales. He was charged with 16 offences including dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception, and one count of knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime with intent to conceal. But this morning at Downing Centre Local Court all 16 charges were dropped and a warrant issued for his arrest in Queensland.
Peter Foster, 58, was arrested for fraud in Queensland, Australia, last year
He was extradited to New South Wales to face 16 counts, but those charges were withdrawn at a court hearing today so the case can go back to Queensland
Foster failed to turn up at the hearing, and his lawyer says he cannot be found
The notorious conman sparked Cheriegate in 2002 when it emerged he had helped Cherie Blair buy two houses in Bristol at a discount
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