Toowoomba fraud case in court
Police claim $60,000 transferred into accused’s account
A TOOWOOMBA bookkeeper charged with what police claim to be fraud to the value of tens of thousands of dollars has appeared before the city’s Magistrates Court.
During a brief mention of the case, Jason Andrew McWilliam was not called upon to enter any pleas to three counts of “stealing by clerks and servants”, as the charges appeared on the court list.
Police claim the bookkeeper transferred $60,000 from one client’s account into his own for personal use.
The Chronicle understands a Toowoomba-based dental surgery reported the missing funds to police after being notified of back taxes owed to the Australian Tax Office.
The 45-year-old, who is believed to have overseen the dental practice’s daily financial transactions when working for an accountancy firm in Toowoomba, was charged last month after an official fraud investigation.
No particulars of the police allegations were aired in court during the brief mention of matter yesterday and it is not known whether the complaints relate to the single business or other clients.
The defendant was represented at court by Toowoomba legal firm MacDonald Law and an adjournment was sought.
Magistrate Catherine Pirie remanded McWilliam on bail and adjourned the case for mention back in the same court on September 27.