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Guilty verdicts in payroll company tax scandal

A major scandal involving a now-defunct payroll company has resulted in four people being found guilty, in the past week, of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth and deal with proceeds of crime.

In separate proceedings, the NSW Supreme Court has delivered its verdicts for four out of five remaining defendants in the Plutus Payroll scam: Adam Cranston (the son of a former ATO deputy commissioner); his sister Lauren Cranston; Sydney lawyer Dev Menon; and Jason Onley, the managing director of a finance consultancy.

A jury found they had conspired to dishonestly cause a loss to the Commonwealth and conspired to deal with money of a value of $1 million or more believing it to be the proceeds of crime...

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