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News.com.au
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Palatial Sydney mansion of millionaire entrepreneurs raided by tactical police as part of organised crime probe
The palatial mansion of a prominent Sydney couple was raided by heavily armed tactical police in extraordinary scenes that rocked the ritzy neighbourhood, it has emerged. Strike Force Raptor officers smashed down the front door of wealthy entrepreneurs Stephanie and Garrett Jandegian's Bellevue Hill home at dawn on February 6, New South Wales Police have confirmed. The shock raid at the property, which the couple purchased for $27 million, was part of a secretive operation, codenamed Strike Force Candice, by the Organised Crime Squad and the NSW Crime Commission. The joint investigation is probing unexplained wealth and money laundering. Mr and Ms Jandegian were not arrested or charged and there is no suggestion either has committed a crime. The sensational no-knock warrant, carried out at 6am, has only now come to light thanks to reporting by The Australian. '[It is not suggested] that either of the Jandegians are the primary persons of interest for Strike Force Candice,' the newspaper reported. 'Instead, it would appear that their home was tossed owing to their alleged affiliations with others being pursued by the broader investigation.' A NSW Police spokesperson confirmed to that the raid took place and that some items, including 'a mobile phone and documents', were seized. has approached the couple for comment. Ms Jandegian is a former broadcast journalist who was last the bureau chief of Channel 9's A Current Affair program. In the early 2000s, she also competed on Network Ten reality show So You Think You Can Dance. She currently sits on the board of children's charity The Starlight Foundation. Her husband is an entrepreneur who co-founded the drinks brand Aqualove, an alkaline water range, in 2017, and is a director of antigen test and personal protective equipment supplier Pharma Soul. Mr Jandegian left the Aqualove business three years ago. The pair are prominent fixtures on Sydney's social scenes and have appeared multiple times in real estate press for their lavish property purchases. They bought their sprawling Bellevue Hill estate in 2022 for a reported $27 million, at the time setting a price record for the blue-chip suburb. The 1500 square metre home boasts five bedrooms while the lush, landscaped grounds house a pool and tennis court. After settlement, the couple submitted a development application for $7 million worth of alterations and additions. Some 12 months later, they purchased a nearby four-bedroom Federation-style home for $15.1 million. They have previously owned property in the ultra-wealthy enclave of Vaucluse and last year dropped $4.2 million on an apartment in the redeveloped Sirius building. The former housing commission block, a divisive brutalist-style building with priceless views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House, has been transformed into luxury residences.
Daily Mail
24-04-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Their lavish lifestyle is the talk of high society... and now police have knocked down the front door: Inside the opulent world of high-flying couple Stephanie and Garrett Jandegian
A high-flying Sydney couple who had their mansion raided by organised crime detectives have told friends their lavish lifestyle has been bankrolled by family striking it rich in the Texas oilfields. Heavily armed officers from NSW Police's anti-gang task force executed a no-knock warrant on Garrett and Stephanie Jandegian's multi-storey property in Sydney 's affluent Bellevue Hill on February 6 - breaking down the door of the couple's home. The raid was conducted as part of Strike Force Candice, a joint investigation between the Organised Crime Squad and the NSW Crime Commission, and was reportedly due to the couple's alleged affiliations with others, who are being pursued as part of a broader investigation. Police seized a mobile phone and documentation during the February raid, a spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia. No arrests or charges have been laid against the Jandegians, and there is no suggestion that they are the primary targets of the task force. It is not suggested otherwise, or that Stephanie or Garrett Jandegian committed any wrongdoing. The raids are the talk of the city's eastern suburbs social set and media circles which have often enviously looked on at the couple's wealthy lifestyle. Indeed, one news executive at Channel Nine once denied Mrs Jandegian, a well regarded producer, a pay rise due to her expensive car. Despite the intense spotlight, the couple on Thursday appeared unfazed and were seen jewellery shopping in Sydney's Haymarket before dining at seafood restaurant on Sussex Street. Her husband Mr Jandegian, originally from San Francisco, is an entrepreneur who co-founded the drinks brand Aqualove, an alkaline water range, in 2017, and is a director of antigen test and personal protective equipment supplier Pharma Soul. Mr Jandegian left the Aqualove business three years ago after selling his stake in the company. A source close to the couple said the family has continued to live a high-flying lifestyle, with Mr Jandegian attributing their attributing their ongoing wealth to his family's luck in 'striking oil' in Texas. Mrs Jandegian is a former dancer who competed on Network Ten's hit reality show So You Think You Can Dance in 2008. She then went on to forge a career as broadcast journalist at Channel Nine, including a stint as the Sydney bureau chief of Channel 9's A Current Affair program, where she worked alongside her award-winning producer sister, Lauren Golman. The mother-of-two's upper crust lifestyle often set her apart from colleagues plying their trade at the network. Not only did Mrs Jandegian's opulent eastern suburbs way of life appear to stand in stark contrast to those of the western suburbs battlers championed by A Current Affair, it also had a tendency to overshadow the station's highest paid stars. Sources said that one executive once told Mrs Jandegian her that it 'wouldn't sit well' with colleagues to grant her a pay rise, because her car was more expensive than anyone else's on the network's lot - including that of the show's highly paid then-host Tracey Grimshaw. Garrett and Stephanie Jandegian say their lavish lifestyle is being bankrolled by family after they struck it rich in the Texan oilfields That decision was ultimately overturned after Nine top brass were made aware of the bizarre rationale, and Mrs Jandegian was awarded a three per cent pay hike. Not that she appeared to need it, as she and her husband became firm fixtures in the city's society circles. The millennial couple bought a two-storey home in the elite Sydney eastern suburb of Bellevue Hill that had been on the market with a $27million price tag in 2022. After settlement, the couple submitted a development application for $7 million worth of alterations and additions. Some 12 months later, they purchased a nearby four-bedroom Federation-style home for $15.1 million. They have previously owned property in the ultra-wealthy enclave of Vaucluse and last year dropped $4.2million on an apartment in the redeveloped Sirius building on Sydney Harbour. The former housing commission block, a divisive brutalist-style building metres from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and with sweeping views of the Opera House, has been transformed into luxury residences. Meanwhile, their country-style mansion with five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a pool and tennis court was formerly owned by ex-ASX chief Dominic Stevens. Stephanie with her A Current Affair TV journalist sister Lauren Golman (centre) and mother Vicky The couple, who met in a hotel pool bar in the US in the late 2000s, regularly share photos of their lavish lifestyle on social media. That includes elaborate birthday and milestone parties they throw for their two children. The themed parties are understood to cost between $20,000 and $50,000. In recent years the couple have made multiple trips to Japan visiting DisneyLand and a ski resort, visited Kokomo private island in Fiji, holidays to Queensland and had a luxury staycation at a Sydney hotel. Their 2014 wedding held at The Four Seasons in Sydney's CBD was rumoured to cost upwards of $1 million dollars with their flowers alone costing $80,000. On Thursday, bodyguards in blacked-out SUVs sat outside their sprawling mansion as the couple came and went in their Bentley and Porsche vehicles. Mrs Jandegian's father, Serge Golman, is the general manager of construction company Austral Interiors. Her mother Vicky, meanwhile, works for a high-end jeweler and can be seen driving around Vaucluse in her Rolls Royce SUV. Mrs Jandegian studied journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney, while employed at A Current Affair opened a cafe and wine bar in Bondi Junction with her husband-to-be, Lady J Cafe and Bar. As for her sister Lauren, she made headlines for her own just two years ago after tying the night in a ritzy Tuscan-themed wedding featuring a designer gown by Leah Da Glória, a seven-tier cake and hundreds of well-heeled guests.
