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The Fiji Times » Australian lawyer charged over major fraud in PNG


RNZ
22 January, 2021, 2:02 pm
Greg Sheppard (centre) working as a lawyer in Port Moresby, representing PNG opposition leader Belden Namah Photo: Loop PNG
A high-profile Australian lawyer has been arrested in Papua New Guinea in relation to alleged theft of landowner development funds.
Greg Sheppard of Young & Williams Lawyers was arrested yesterday in Port Moresby, interviewed and taken into custody, charged with two counts of conspiracy and another two count of false pretense.
PNG’s police commissioner David Manning said the charges relate to alleged misappropriation of around $US74.5 million from a landowner development fund in Western Province.
The Western Province People’s Dividends Community Mine Continuation Agreement Trust Funds are based on dividends from landowners’ 10 percent equity in the Ok Tedi hold and copper mine. ....

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Sheppard issue statement following father's arrest on conspiracy charges


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UPDATE: 9PM Friday January 22
Both Greg Sheppard’s law firm and the trustees of the fund who were allegedly defrauded of nearly AU$100m have come to his defence.
In a report published by
The Guardian, Sheppard’s law firm Young and Williams have told the publication the charges laid against him are politically motivated.
“The charges levelled against our firm’s partner are politically motivated and follow the PNG government’s failure in the court system. The charges will be defended vigorously,” said a representative of Young and Williams.

Greg Sheppard, a former Queensland lawyer and former manager of Brisbane pop act Sheppard, has been arrested in Papua New Guinea on charges pertaining to two counts of conspiracy and two counts of false pretence. ....

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