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Gold Coast woman told to pay taxpayers back after $245k fraud
A 62-year-old fraudster who ripped off taxpayers of more than $246,000 with false business activity statements has been ordered to pay the money back under her new sentence.
Gold Coast woman Laura Aprile was sentenced to four years’ jail in February 2019 after a jury convicted her of six counts of using a forged document and three counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception.
She successfully appealed her conviction in October that same year, resulting in them being set aside and a retrial being granted.
Bizarrely, Aprile pleaded…
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