A MELBOURNE lawyer is accused of laundering money stolen from an armoured vehicle in a property deal involving an `under the table’ cash payment.
JOHN Anile, 56, allegedly bought a vacant block in Williamstown in 1994 for $550,000 but paid an additional $400,000 in cash, which also cut the transaction’s stamp duty, according to court documents.
The cash used to purchase the Williamstown property was allegedly stolen in June 1994 when four people posing as road workers stopped an Armaguard van, threatened the guards at gun point and escaped with $2.4 million.A summary of evidence tendered in the Melbourne Magistrates Court alleges Anile was in charge of laundering money for an organised crime syndicate responsible for armed robberies, murders and other serious crimes.
