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[Raider]

Naught naughty public servant...

Can't wait to see what comes from this.
"No, I didn't suspect my son was doing anything illegal."
"How many private jets does he own?"
"2. Don't all 30 year olds have 2 private jets?"

He is sooooooo screwed.

[griffin]

I agree... how could the father not know or be suspicious about his son's massive wealth. He must have known something or else he wouldn't have been arrested as well, along with his daughter too - it's like the whole family was in on it.

Most of that $185 million of tax-payer money will never be recovered either.
That's a huge amount to go missing without being noticed until now.

That massive figure is the sort of money that State and Federal Governments here would be salivating over just to fund services or buy votes (most election projects politicians announce that benefit thousands are $100 million or less)... and a small number of people were using it to buy up 18 properties, 25 cars, 2 planes, and many millions more just lying around in cash.

[Raider]

He has been charged, not arrested, as a result of abusing his position of public office. The abuse being that he allegedly approached two senior ATO officers that were conducting the audit and tried to effectively broker a deal to stop the investigation. Those 2 ato officers have also been stood down (presumably for failing to report his approach to them).

[GoktimusPrime]

Reminds me of my favourite G1 Megatron cartoon quote: "You're either lying or you're stupid." (Triple Takeover)

It also speaks volumes about Cranston's skills are a parent (or lack thereof) to have raised a son like that. He must be proud.

[Raider]

It also speaks volumes about Cranston's skills are a parent (or lack thereof) to have raised a son like that. He must be proud.

I don't think that is a fair comment. I am sure there are some very decent parents who have had their kids turn out to be monsters. You can't always blame the parents.

As we do not know what he was like as a parent, I think it unfair to assume he was a bad parent because his 30 year old son turns out to be a fraudster. For all we know, he may have been completely legitimate until the temptation dealing with all that money became too much.

[GoktimusPrime]

"Show me the boy at 7 and I will show you the man." - Aristotle

In other celebrity news, Roger Moore has sadly passed away.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

* Hermes/Mercury: god of communication & commerce, an IT worker

Hopefully not an IT worker from Telstra!