Former Labor MP Craig Thomson's home raided over alleged fraud against federal government
By crime reporter
Mark Reddie
Posted 5h ago5 hours ago
Craig Thomson's home was searched this morning.(AAP: David Crosling)
Ex-Labor MP Craig Thomson has been embroiled in an investigation over alleged fraud against the federal government after his home was raided on the NSW Central Coast.
Key points:
- AFP and Border Force officers searched Mr Thomson's home this morning
- No charges are understood to have been laid
- Mr Thomson stole money from the Health Services Union while national secretary from 2002 to 2007
Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Border Force officials pulled up in several unmarked cars on Lakeview Drive at Wamberal early on Wednesday morning.
About 15 officers and detectives spent hours executing a search warrant at the property, where Mr Thomson lives with his wife and three children.
Officers left his two-storey home with several suitcases and bags of evidence.
No charges are understood to have been laid.
An AFP spokesperson said search warrants were executed in NSW and Queensland today.
"This activity is part of an ongoing investigation into a syndicate allegedly defrauding the Australian government," the spokesperson said.
"The investigation is ongoing and no further information is available at this time."
In 2014, Mr Thomson escaped jail time for stealing money from the Health Services Union while national secretary from 2002 to 2007.
Using union credit cards, he spent tens of thousands of dollars on personal expenses, including brothel visits and travel with his wife.
The former federal MP for Dobell was fined $25,000 after being found guilty of 13 theft charges.
He was subsequently suspended from the Labor Party in 2012 and a year later, unsuccessfully ran as an independent in the 2013 election.
There is no suggestion that the current investigation is anyway linked to his previous crimes.
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