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Prosecutors proceed with case against ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle
Commonwealth prosecutors have refused to drop charges against former public servant turned whistleblower Richard Boyle.
Key points:
- Former public servant Richard Boyle became a whistleblower in October 2017
- He went to the media after the tax office rejected his public interest disclosure
- While the initial charges against Mr Boyle were reduced, he still faces the threat of life in prison
Last month the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Sarah McNaughton, told Senate estimates that the CDPP was considering whether or not it should drop the charges against Mr Boyle, a former debt collection officer at the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATOs) Adelaide office.
Her comments followed a Senate report last year which found that the ATO
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