Ex-Shire Worker Charged with Fraud, Perjury

0:00Sydney story is making news on March 18th, a 27-year-old former senior worker for a shire in Western Australia's Midwest has landed in court on serious fraud charges. He's accused of trying to pocket around $17,385 by pretending to be another employee. He also faces two counts of corruptly acting as a public officer between February and October last year. Prosecutors say he misused over $8,500 from expense accounts to buy items that he sold for his own gain. Adding to that, there's a perjury charge. Police alleged he accessed social media and email accounts without permission to send himself fake messages, then used those to secure a court order. Back in December, the shire of Corral flagged fake text messages posted anonymously online and handed the matter over to Western Australia police. Shire President Guy Sims says they're aware of the charges now, but won't say more with the case ongoing in court. Meanwhile, the man was arrested on March 11th in North Fremantle after a police search turned of MDMA and stolen property at his place.

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