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Accountant Scott Fleay jailed for stealing more than $4.6 million from WA chicken farmers
An accountant and former councillor for one of Perth’s most exclusive suburbs has been sentenced to six years in jail for stealing more than $4.6 million from a wealthy chicken famer who had entrusted him to look after his financial affairs.
Key points:
- Scott Fleay transferred money from Gus and Maria Jabado’s accounts
- He had been employed as an accountant for the chicken farmers
- Judge Mara Barone said Fleay had “utterly abused” the Jabados’ trust
Scott Francis Fleay, 53, was found guilty by a District Court jury of channelling more than $4.6 million from the bank accounts of Ghassan Jabado, known as Gus, and his wife Maria to subsidise his upmarket lifestyle.
That included the purchase of multi-million dollar properties in the wealthy Perth…
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