Vic: QLD woman in Melbourne court over fraud charges

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2008
Vic: QLD woman in Melbourne court over fraud charges

MELBOURNE, Aug 1 AAP - A Queensland woman has been extradited to Melbourne where she
has faced 188 fraud charges.

Bundaberg businesswoman Jade Caruana, 28, has been charged with obtaining property
by deception totalling about $100,000.

She appeared for a filing hearing today at Melbourne Magistrates Court.

Magistrate Simon Garnett remanded her in custody to reappear in the same court at 9.30am
next Tuesday, when she will apply for bail.

Police had earlier said Caruana was charged with using an EFTPOS refund machine while
employed by a Melbourne cosmetics company to steal $98,000 between March 2004 and August
2005.

Caruana owns the Bundaberg boutique Gypsy n Pearl and was a member of Bundaberg Business
Women's Network.

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