Accountant pleads guilty to $10m fraud
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A Melbourne accountant charged with defrauding the State Revenue Office of $10 million has appeared in the Victorian County Court.
Keith John Fernandez, 35, of Flemington pleaded guilty to 30 charges of gaining a financial advantage for himself or the firm TQM Legal and Accounting.
Fernandez misrepresented amounts of stamp duty owed to the State Revenue Office during a period of nearly three years from February 1998 to October 2000.
He faces more than 250 charges of deception for a total amount of just over $10 million.
Bail for Fernandez was extended to July 25 when he will reappear in court.
