Multiple Rolex watches, $700 bottles of Lady Gaga-branded Dom Perignon champagne and Cartier jewellery – these are just some of the luxuries that police allege a criminal syndicate bought using stolen identities and car loans used for luxury vehicles that didn’t exist. NSW Police allege a 40-year-old man colluded with a 31-year-old female employee of a motor vehicle financing company to use the stolen identities of 33 people to apply for loans to buy fictional luxury cars. This case of champagne, seized by police, is worth $15,000.
Credit: NSW Police Police say the woman facilitated the financing of more than 50 luxury cars worth a combined $10 million between November 2022 and August 2023. Police say the man tried to launder $600,000 through various bank accounts. In May this year, the woman was arrested at a home in Middleton Grange, in Sydney’s west.
She was charged with 102 counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and one count of possessing a prohibited drug. As detectives continued to investigate, they searched a home in Carlingford and a warehouse in Alexandria on Wednesday. During the search detectives allegedly found a Tesla sedan, a Mercedes-Benz van, multiple Rolex watches, luxury jewellery including Cartier rings and a significant collection of high-end wines and liquor worth more than $200,000.
Police found two bottles of Lady Gaga branded champagne. Credit: NSW Police The collection included the rare Lady Gaga-branded Dom Perignon; .