Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group are warning Queensland residents to be vigilant online and alert to the risks of ‘money muling’, a money laundering offence that attracts serious criminal charges.
The warning follows the arrest of a 25-year-old Eight Mile Plains man on July 22 charged with recklessly engaging in money laundering.
Police will allege the man, a student, was involved with a network of offenders obtaining millions of dollars through technology scams, receiving dishonestly obtained funds deposited into accounts he had opened, and receiving a commission for sending this money offshore.
He was refused bail and is scheduled to re-appear at the Brisbane Magistrates Court on August 24.
Detective Acting Superintendent Ben Fadian of the Financial and Cyber Crime Group said the arrest demonstrates police take this offending seriously and urged the community to be vigilant.
“Money mules are one of the main methods for laundering proceeds of
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