A mum of four from Tasmania who defrauded her council job to buy more than $130,000 of home improvement products, mostly from Bunnings, will serve 18 months home detention.
A judge has said a Tasmania n mum of four committed a “calculated” fraud when she bought thousands of dollars of items from Bunnings.In total, Ms Bryant pleaded guilty to more than 200 charges including 60 counts of fraud and 116 counts of inserting false information as data.
Justice Stephen Estcourt said the $130,000 fraud occurred over a protracted period and was both “planned” and “calculated”. He said the Bryants had taken funds away from the small council which services an area with just 2200 residents.“If she was incarcerated the newly born twins would suffer as a consequence,” reported the ABC.
She would order items such as barbecue tools, a lawnmower and even a water feature valued at nearly $1000.Ms Bryant would collect the items, pay for them with council funds and then input their details into council’s IT systems declaring they were for council’s use.
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