A 64-year old former Sydney solicitor who pleaded guilty to 10 fraud charges, and his 63-year old wife who pleaded guilty to two charges of dealing with the proceeds of crime, have been sentenced in Downing Centre District Court.
Former lawyer Mark O'Brien was sentenced to a full term of 10 years behind bars, with a minimum term of 6 years, while his wife Therese O'Brien was handed a three year sentence to be served by way of an Intensive Correction Order.
Multi-million dollar fraud
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The court heard that Mr O'Brien opened a bank account in August 2015 for the purpose of receiving funds that he had planned to steal.
Over the course of the next few years, he stole $2.8 million from the estate of a deceased client who had bequeathed $1.5 million to the St Vincent de Paul Society, two other charities, and the Prince of Wales Hospital.
