Former ATO employee convicted for tampering with records and making false claims

Former ATO employee convicted for tampering with records and making false claims

A former ATO officer has been sentenced for misusing private taxpayer information for her own advantage. Photo: File. A former Australian Taxation Office employee has been convicted and sentenced for misusing sensitive taxpayer information to make fraudulent claims. Kasey Harries was sentenced in a Melbourne court to a total effective sentence of five months’ imprisonment. She had previously pleaded guilty to 10 charges, including obtaining fina…

ATO employee convicted of fraud

A former Australian Tax Office employee in Victoria has been convicted and sentenced for falsely claiming payments using the information and records of taxpayers. Kasey Harries – from Ripponlea, an inner suburb in Melbourne – was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment. She had previously pleaded guilty to 10 charges, including obtaining financial advantage by deception and aiding and abetting another person to attempt to commit an offence. The i…