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Pauline Mary Smith jailed for fraud, attempting to pervert justice
A former bank manager spun a web of lies to cover her fraudulent sale of a luxury BMW that was under a finance plan, even forging part of a bank statement to deceive police.
Pauline Mary Smith, 55, was jailed at Brisbane District Court on Thursday for what Judge John Coker called “serious offending” that “plays at the very nature of our society”.
The court was told even years after the sale, the victims still had an unresolved civil suit with Toyota relating to the car and had suffered emotional and financial setbacks.
Smith had pleaded guilty earlier this year to fraud to the value of $30,000 or more and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Crown prosecutor Amy Stannard said Smith sold the car, a BMW X5 Luxury SUV, to the…
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