A Tomingley woman has pleaded guilty to one of 17 fraud charges laid against her by police for allegedly defrauding an elderly man out of more than $104,000 while acting as his trustee.
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Raynor Ann Jones, pleaded guilty to one count of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and not-guilty to 16 other similar charges in Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday.
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The 59-year-old was arrested by investigators at Dubbo Police Station in September 28 this year.
A subsequent search warrant was executed at a home on Tomingley West Road, Tomingley, about 12.30pm the same day.
Police allege Jones unlawfully stole $104,836.67 from a 71-year-old Cessnock man between October 2019 and June 2020 while she allegedly acted as a trustee.
In court documents, Jones appears to have allegedly made multiple fraudulent transfers stealing the money.
Police allege once the money was fraudulently obtained, Jones allegedly used it to make purchases in Dubbo at a range of retail outlets and suppliers like Woolworths, Coles, BP, Shell and KFC.
A number of various individuals, along with a real estate agent, NRMA, Click Energy, Telstra, a plumber, and a number of home loan companies were also allegedly paid sums of stolen money.
On one occasion court documents revealed eight transactions were allegedly made to an indoor playground equipment company for over $19,000.
After she entered her plea, the court heard Jones wanted to vary her bail conditions. However police prosecutor sergeant Amy Jenner said this would be opposed because Jones was seeking to contact the alleged victim.
The case was adjourned to February.