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Real estate agent Scott Burgess avoids jail for $25,000 ANZ Victoria blackmail attempt – ABC News
A real estate agent who tried to blackmail one of Australia’s biggest banks into paying a $25,000 ransom for reams of confidential documents it left behind in a defunct branch narrowly avoids jail.
A real estate agent who tried to blackmail one of Australia’s biggest banks into paying a $25,000 ransom for reams of confidential documents it left behind in a defunct branch has narrowly avoided jail.
- Burgess told ANZ “I don’t do things for nothing”
- In many of the emails he sent to ANZ demanding money, the 42-year-old signed his full name
- Burgess was immediately arrested after a meeting with two ANZ employees
Scott Burgess, 42, was instead placed on a two-ye…
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