Prominent Canberra lawyer to face money laundering charges
Prominent Canberra lawyer to face money laundering charges
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Prominent Canberra criminal lawyer Ben Aulich, who has represented a range of high-profile people from the prime ministerâs chief of staff to drug importers, has been arrested on a charge of recruiting a person to carry out a criminal activity and is expected to be charged on Thursday with conspiracy to commit money laundering offences.
Mr Aulich, 47, along with his colleague Bridie Harders, 35, and a Canberra accountant Michael Papandrea, 54, were arrested following an eight-month-long investigation targeting âprofessional facilitatorsâ for organised crime in Canberra