R v Zoghbi [2022] NSWDC 219

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Zoghbi [2022] NSWDC 219 Hearing dates: 18 March 2022 Date of orders: 17 June 2022 Decision date: 17 June 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Sutherland SC DCJ Decision: At [262]-[265] Catchwords: CRIME – Sentence – Federal Offences – Conspiracy to defraud the Commonwealth – s 135.4(1) Criminal Code – Defrauding the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – Ongoing course of conduct – Falsifying prescriptions – Loss to Commonwealth of $19.35 million Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) Cases Cited: Canning v Northcott (unreported, WASC Library Number 7194, 14 July 1988) Corbett v R (1991) 52 A Crim R 112 Dickson v R [2016] NSWCCA 105 DPP (Cth) v Phan [2016] VSCA 170 DPP v Golic [2014] VSCA 355 DPP v Hamman (unreported, NSWCCA, 1 December 1988) El-Chaar v R [2007] NSWCCA 16 El Rakhawy v R [2011] WASCA 209 Greentree v R [2018] NSWCCA 227 Issakidis v R [2019] NSWCCA 302 Ly v R [2014] NSWCCA 78 Markarian v The Queen [2005] 228 CLR 357 Neil Harris (a pseudonym) v Regina [2019] NSWCCA 236 O'Meara v R [2009] NSWCCA 90 Quetcher v R [2010] NSWCCA 257 R v Anthony James Dickson (No 18) [2015] NSWSC 268 R v Buckman [2016] QCA 176 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 R v Cox; R v Cuffe; R v Morrison [2013] QCA 10 R v Dunn (No 9) [2014] WASC 61 R v Host [2015] WASCA 23 R v Jafari [2017] NSWCCA 152 R v Price [2008] QCA 330 R v Van Tung Luu (unreported, NSWCCA, 7 December 1984) Ryan v R [2001] HCA 21; (2001) 206 CLR 267 Stitt v R (1998) 102 A Crim R 428 The Queen v Kilic [2016] HCA 48; 259 CLR 256 Totaan v R [2022] NSWCCA 75 Veen [No 2] [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 York v The Queen (2005) 225 CLR 466 Z v R [2014] NSWCCA 323 Category: Sentence Parties: Crown Hamza Amin Zoghbi Representation: Counsel: P McGuire SC with B Narula C P O'Donnell SC with S Jeppesen