Australian Federal Police v Steven Hoitou Xin & Ors [2024] NSWSC 1038

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Australian Federal Police v Steven Hoitou Xin & Ors [2024] NSWSC 1038 Hearing dates: 12 August 2024 Date of orders: 19 August 2024 Decision date: 19 August 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Faulkner J Decision: See [44] Catchwords: CIVIL — proceeds of crime — restraining orders made over real property — application under ss 29 & 30 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to exclude property of registered mortgagee — whether application ought to be stayed having regard to the impact on the family of the borrowers — no basis for stay demonstrated — exclusion orders made in favour of the mortgagee. Legislation Cited: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth), ss 5, 18, 19, 24, 29, 30, 39 Cases Cited: Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Hart (2018) 262 CLR 76; [2018] HCA 1 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Kanjo & Ors [2019] QCA 143 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Australian Federal Police (Plaintiff) Steven Hoitou Xin (First Defendant) Yi Ming Wang (Second Defendant) MX Investments Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) MX Seven Investments Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Tara Global Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Wisdom AWCS International Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) XT International Trading Pty Ltd (Seventh Defendant) XTAW Investments Pty Ltd (Eighth Defendant) Jin Yang (Ninth Defendant) Ruizhen Wang (Tenth Defendant) Liangfang Shen (Eleventh Defendant) Xiaoli Chen (Twelfth Defendant) Ai Yang (Thirteenth Defendant) Zhaohua Ma (Fourteenth Defendant) Yanhua Jiang (Fifteenth Defendant) Golden Capital Commercial Logistics Pty Ltd (Sixteenth Defendant) Gub Sagar Pty Ltd (Seventeenth Defendant) Harris & Mccarthur Pty Ltd (Eighteenth Defendant) Harris & Mary Ann Pty Ltd (Nineteenth Defendant) MJSD Investments Pty Ltd (Twentieth Defendant)