Bags of Australian $50 notes are presented as seized items from a tax fraud investigation at a news conference at the Australian Federal Police (AFP) headquarters in Sydney, Australia, May 18, 2017. AAP/Paul Miller/via REUTERS
SYDNEY (Reuters) - One of Australia's top anti-fraud tax officials faces charges after his son and eight friends were arrested in raids that netted cash, luxury cars, two small planes, guns and vintage wine in a A$165 million tax fraud, police said on Thursday.
Police said Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Deputy Commissioner Michael Cranston was an unwitting participant in fraud after he accessed tax office systems at the request of his son, Adam.
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