R v Rosamond (No 3) [2023] NSWDC 267

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Rosamond (No 3) [2023] NSWDC 267 Hearing dates: 26 April 2023 Date of orders: 20 July 2023 Decision date: 20 July 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Sutherland SC DCJ Decision: The offender is sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of 15 years with a non-parole period of 8 years. Catchwords: CRIME — Fraud — Dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception CRIME — Fraud — Corruptly give benefit CRIME — Fraud —total transactions exceeding $19 million — Five-year period — Offender contracted by Bank to co-ordinate events — co-offender worker at Bank — symbiotic relationship between offender and co-offender — invoices fraudulently rendered or amended— expense reimbursement for extravagant non-work-related purchases and holidays Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act Cases Cited: Daley v R (1983) 8 A Crim R 433 De Angelis v R [2015] NSWCCA 197 Edelbi v R (wrongly reported as R v Edelbi) [2021] NSWCCA 122 Holloway v R [2017] NSWCCA 17 Kapua v R [2023] NSWCCA 14 Kelly v R [2023] NSWCCA 104 Lowe v The Queen [1984] HCA 46; (1984) 154 CLR 606 McLaren v R [2021] NSWCCA 12 MO v R [2023] NSWCCA 26 Pearce v The Queen [1998] HCA 57; 194 CLR 610 Power v R [2002] NSWCCA 244 R v Albert [2019] NSWDC 869 R v Burke [2002] NSWCCA 353 R v Corbett (1991) 52 A Crim R 112 at 117 R v Cornell [2015] NSWCCA 258 R v David Charles Hawkins (1989) 45 A Crim R 430 R v Dimitri De Angelis [2013] NSWDC 79 R v Doorey [2000] NSWCCA 456 R v Eugene William Daley (1983) 8 A Crim R 433 R v Finnie [2002] NSWCCA 533 R v Glenister (1980) 2 NSWLR 597 R v Holder (1983) 3 NSWLR 245 R v McKechnie (unreported, NSWCCA, 1 October 1987) R v Mears (1991) 53 A Crim R 141 R v Pont (2000) 121 A Crim R 302 R v Rosemary Rogers (unreported 17 January 2022, NSWDC) per Conlon SC ADCJ R v Schofield [2003] NSWCCA 3; (2003)138 A Crim R 19 R v Stanbouli (2003) 141 A Crim R 531 Siwek v R [2017] NSWCCA 178 Subramaniam v R [2013] NSWCCA 159 Taouk v R (1992) 65 A Crim R 387 Tweedie v R [2015] NSWCCA 71 Upadhyaya v R [2017] NSWCCA 162 White v R [2019] NSWCCA 218 Woods v R [2018] NSWCCA 261 Category: Sentence Parties: Rex (Crown) Helen Rosamond (Offender) Representation: Counsel: K Mackenzie (Crown) A Hughes (Offender)