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News.com.au
16-07-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Fugitive daughter Ashlyn Nassif seeks to have $150m fraud case thrown out of court
The glamorous daughter of a controversial property developer is hoping to get fraud charges relating to an alleged $150 million loan to help her father build one of Sydney's biggest apartment towers thrown out of court. Ashlyn Nassif, 30, is alleged to have falsified documents to meet a $10.5m pre-sale condition for three towers of the Skyview apartments complex in Castle Hill in Sydney's northwest. Her father Jean Nassif is believed to be on the run in Lebanon and while police have not charged him, officers have issued a warrant for his arrest. Ms Nassif did not appear in Burwood Local Court on Wednesday where her matter was briefly mentioned. The prosecution told Magistrate Robyn Denes they were seeking further time to consider a proposal by the defence, which was not opposed. NewsWire understands a 'no bill' application has been put forward by Ms Nassif's solicitor Warwick Korn, which the DPP is considering. A no bill application, or a no further proceedings application, is a request before the NSW Local Court to discontinue a criminal case, usually due to claims of insufficient evidence. In an earlier two-day hearing in April, Ms Nassif attended Burwood Local Court and cried as her solicitors told the court her fugitive father had 'left his daughter to fend for herself'. In the hearing before Burwood Local Court, a sacked Westpac employee who worked with Mr Nassif gave evidence. Graham Smith, a former relationship manager at Westpac who had worked with and maintained a professional relationship with Mr Nassif since 2009, was questioned at length about three 'private commercial dealings' with the fugitive. The court was told Mr Smith was allegedly paid a total of $150,000 for 'consultancy work' as well as an overseas holiday to the US along with his family. These dealings were not disclosed to his former employer Westpac, which Mr Smith conceded he 'knew was a conflict of interest'. Mr Smith told the court he had been 'generally' honest with his former employer during an internal investigation before he was sacked. Lawyers for Ms Nassif told NewsWire outside court after the hearing that the case had 'changed significantly', prompting the no bill application. Ms Nassif was first charged in February 2023 with dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception and publishing false or misleading material and remains on conditional bail. She is yet to enter any pleas. Police allege Ms Nassif submitted fake contracts to Westpac over three months in 2021 to obtain a $150m loan to fund about 900 apartments. The $900m apartment tower complex was built by Mr Nassif's development company Toplace, which spectacularly collapsed late in 2023. The matter will return to court in September.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Twist in fugitive daughter's $150m fraud case
The glamorous daughter of a controversial property developer is hoping to get fraud charges relating to an alleged $150 million loan to help her father build one of Sydney's biggest apartment towers thrown out of court. Ashlyn Nassif, 30, is alleged to have falsified documents to meet a $10.5m pre-sale condition for three towers of the Skyview apartments complex in Castle Hill in Sydney's northwest. Her father Jean Nassif is believed to be on the run in Lebanon and while police have not charged him, officers have issued a warrant for his arrest. Ms Nassif did not appear in Burwood Local Court on Wednesday where her matter was briefly mentioned. The prosecution told Magistrate Robyn Denes they were seeking further time to consider a proposal by the defence, which was not opposed. NewsWire understands a 'no bill' application has been put forward by Ms Nassif's solicitor Warwick Korn, which the DPP is considering. A no bill application, or a no further proceedings application, is a request before the NSW Local Court to discontinue a criminal case, usually due to claims of insufficient evidence. In an earlier two-day hearing in April, Ms Nassif attended Burwood Local Court and cried as her solicitors told the court her fugitive father had 'left his daughter to fend for herself'. In the hearing before Burwood Local Court, a sacked Westpac employee who worked with Mr Nassif gave evidence. Graham Smith, a former relationship manager at Westpac who had worked with and maintained a professional relationship with Mr Nassif since 2009, was questioned at length about three 'private commercial dealings' with the fugitive. The court was told Mr Smith was allegedly paid a total of $150,000 for 'consultancy work' as well as an overseas holiday to the US along with his family. These dealings were not disclosed to his former employer Westpac, which Mr Smith conceded he 'knew was a conflict of interest'. Mr Smith told the court he had been 'generally' honest with his former employer during an internal investigation before he was sacked. Lawyers for Ms Nassif told NewsWire outside court after the hearing that the case had 'changed significantly', prompting the no bill application. Ms Nassif was first charged in February 2023 with dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception and publishing false or misleading material and remains on conditional bail. She is yet to enter any pleas. Police allege Ms Nassif submitted fake contracts to Westpac over three months in 2021 to obtain a $150m loan to fund about 900 apartments. The $900m apartment tower complex was built by Mr Nassif's development company Toplace, which spectacularly collapsed late in 2023. The matter will return to court in September.
ABC News
21-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Sean Nicholls
Simeon Boikov, the pro-Putin propagandist hiding from police in the Russian consulate in Sydney, received money and support from a Kremlin-backed organisation that has bankrolled the legal defence of alleged spies and criminals, new documents reveal. 50m ago 50 minutes ago Wed 21 May 2025 at 4:00am In a secret video recorded in his hospital room, terminally ill gambling industry whistleblower Troy Stolz speaks out against his former employer, ClubsNSW, and the harm caused by poker machines. Wed 10 May Wed 10 May Wed 10 May 2023 at 11:40pm A senior Liberal minister has spoken for the first time about how a powerful Australian gambling lobby group forced him out of the portfolio and has called for an investigation into its influence over government. Wed 10 May Wed 10 May Wed 10 May 2023 at 11:40pm Controversial property developer Jean Nassif has been suspended from holding a building licence in NSW for 10 years, while the building licence of his company, Toplace, has been permanently revoked. Thu 8 Dec Thu 8 Dec Thu 8 Dec 2022 at 5:33am In a wide-ranging interview the opposition leader signals he's prepared to back the landmark anti-corruption body, with the government expected to reveal its plan tomorrow. Sun 25 Sep Sun 25 Sep Sun 25 Sep 2022 at 7:00pm Recriminations over the Coalition's federal election loss have spectacularly boiled over, with senior Liberal Party figures engaging in a vicious blame game. Thu 7 Jul Thu 7 Jul Thu 7 Jul 2022 at 12:43am Despite serious accusations against him, and the United States imposing restrictions in 2018, it has taken until now for Australia to hit Oleg Deripaska with sanctions. Fri 18 Mar Fri 18 Mar Fri 18 Mar 2022 at 6:32am Anthony Albanese needs to establish trust with the public to win the election, but undecided voters in key marginal seats say they remain unsure about who he is and what he wants for the country, writes Sean Nicholls. Thu 17 Feb Thu 17 Feb Thu 17 Feb 2022 at 5:46am Scott Morrison has spent a lot of time and energy telling voters who he is. Listening to uncommitted voters in key electorates, it seems to have worked. But it may not be enough to lead him to victory, writes Sean Nicholls. Thu 10 Feb Thu 10 Feb Thu 10 Feb 2022 at 5:47am Links to an Indonesian executive jailed over a match-fixing scandal — and accusations of "sportswashing" by a wealthy Arab state — have been uncovered in an investigation into foreign ownership in the A-League. Fri 1 Oct Fri 1 Oct Fri 1 Oct 2021 at 12:42am Billionaire James Packer and then-NSW premier Barry O'Farrell failed to reveal a private lunch at influential broadcaster Alan Jones's apartment as they became central players in the high-stakes battle to build Crown Sydney. Tue 1 Jun Tue 1 Jun Tue 1 Jun 2021 at 6:36am On March 23, 2019, Nikola Anderson's overnight shift as a security guard at Parliament House was like any other — until Brittany Higgins and her male colleague arrived in the early hours of the morning. Mon 22 Mar Mon 22 Mar Mon 22 Mar 2021 at 11:09am Russia 'sees itself at war' with the West. Four Corners investigates the international network of patriots determined to remind Australia that Vladimir Putin's Russia is a force to be reckoned with. Tue 28 Jun Tue 28 Jun Tue 28 Jun 2022 at 7:18am The global rollout of 5G has spawned wild conspiracy theories, and the coronavirus pandemic was the perfect environment for them to spread. Four Corners has investigated these claims and examined the science around whether the technology is a threat to our health. Mon 3 Aug Mon 3 Aug Mon 3 Aug 2020 at 3:14am Four Corners goes inside a COVID-19 screening clinic to see what frontline staff and patients are experiencing every day during the crisis. Mon 6 Apr Mon 6 Apr Mon 6 Apr 2020 at 5:49am They are the heart-stopping videos that stopped the nation and stunned the world. But who filmed them and how did their stories end? Tue 23 Mar Tue 23 Mar Tue 23 Mar 2021 at 2:44am Four Corners has obtained exclusive video of the police interrogation of washing machine repairman Bill Spedding, who was wrongly accused of abducting three-year-old William Tyrrell from outside a home on on the NSW mid-north coast. Tue 5 Nov Tue 5 Nov Tue 5 Nov 2019 at 12:12am The whitegoods repairman who became the chief suspect in one of Australia's biggest child abduction mysteries reveals for the first time how the ordeal "shattered" his life. Tue 4 Feb Tue 4 Feb Tue 4 Feb 2020 at 5:23am Bronwyn Weir was commissioned by Australian governments to write a report on the state of nation's building industry. Now she says she wouldn't buy a new apartment. Mon 19 Aug Mon 19 Aug Mon 19 Aug 2019 at 6:01am Experts warn that many of Australia's apartment buildings are riddled with defects, following a decades-long building boom. Sat 17 Aug Sat 17 Aug Sat 17 Aug 2019 at 9:49pm Even as Tony Abbott was campaigning during what he called the fight of his life, he still didn't seem able to comprehend what was happening to him and his political career, writes Sean Nicholls. Wed 22 May Wed 22 May Wed 22 May 2019 at 12:51pm Uber developed and deployed a spyware program in its Australian office in an attempt to crush a local start-up that was backed by billionaire James Packer. Tue 19 Mar Tue 19 Mar Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 11:27pm When Australian transport authorities realised they were being played by Uber, they fought back, using fake names, multiple phones and credit cards in a sting operation to dodge the rideshare giant's spyware. Tue 19 Mar Tue 19 Mar Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 11:28pm
