A serial Centrelink fraudster collected more than $50,000 – now he’s faced court.
Crime by Lea Emery
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Subscriber only A SERIAL Centrelink fraudster collected more than $50,000 more than he was entitled to after he failed to inform the government about income from his job as a casual labourer. John Carl Tehan received the additional payments over 10 years between February 2009 and March 2018. But when added together the period he did not report as required was only three years. The 52-year-old pleaded guilty in the Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday to 10 counts of obtaining financial advantage for self, driving under the influence of drugs and possessing dangerous drugs.
How serial Centrelink fraudster collected $50k
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A GOLD Coast magistrate lost his patience with a serial criminal who has faced court 24 times, the latest for stealing and drugs-related offences. Christopher James Lory on Wednesday appeared by videolink in Southport Magistrates Court to plead guilty to 46 charges relating to stealing and drug possession. The 31-year-old was convicted and sentenced to two years in jail for the string of offences committed between November 2019 and December 2020. Christopher James Lory on Wednesday appeared by videolink in Southport Magistrates Court, pleading guilty to 46 charges relating to stealing and drug possession. Picture: Facebook. The court was told one of the offences involved Lory walking into a residential garage and stealing a moped in broad daylight.