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Media Statement:
27 January 2011

Sentence of 3 years 3 months in SFO $1.4M fraud

Martyn Tewsley Scott was today sentenced to three years and three months imprisonment following his guilty plea to seven representative charges of accessing a computer for dishonest purpose, laid by the SFO in September last year.

Mr Scott fraudulently obtained in excess of $1.4m during the six year period he was employed as the general manager of a family run security equipment supply business, National Fire and Security Limited.

In arriving at his final decision, the sentencing judge took into account factors including Mr Scott’s early guilty plea and also the repayment by Mr Scott of almost $700,000.

SFO Chief Executive, Adam Feeley, said the Office was pleased to bring the matter to a successful conclusion.

“We have a large number of cases under investigation and prosecution at present, and so it is important that we maintain last year’s momentum.”

“This case demonstrates that we are managing to effectively balance the major finance companies investigations with successful prosecutions of smaller, but nonetheless important, cases of fraud.”

ENDS

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