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Canberra lawyer and accountant arrested as police target alleged money laundering operation
A Canberra lawyer and accountant have been arrested as police raided businesses linked to an alleged money laundering operation.
Key points:
- A Canberra lawyer and accountant have been arrested for alleged plans to facilitate organised crime
- The pair allegedly discussed using contracts and a business purchase to launder “large quantities of cash”
- Police have seized documents from a law firm, accountancy practice and grocery store
Police executed search warrants at four businesses across the ACT region, seizing “extensive amounts of documents”.
Speaking at a press conference today, Detective Superintendent Scott Moller said a 47-year-old man and a 54-year-old man had been arrested “for their role in facilitating organised crime in Canberra”.
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