Many Australian mothers are worried about the high tuition fees they often have to pay for private schools in Australia, but the mother reached out to her clients in order to get her children to go to private schools.
Darren Degilio, a 54-year-old Adelaide real estate agent, used her position to defraud others of $ one hundred and twenty thousand in housing savings in order to get her children to private schools.
The court said she committed four crimes between October 2013 and March 2015.
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In October 2013, her first recent move, she asked clients to deposit a $37500 deposit in her personal account.
But then her clients asked Degilio to return their deposit because they couldn`t get a loan. But many attempts failed, and they had to call the police.
The money was fully spent by Degilio by January 2014, of which A $18500 was paid for her three children.
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Her second move was between January and November 2014, when a couple made an investment deposit of A $19000 in a property in Elizabeth Park.
The couple then found it difficult to raise money and asked Degilio to return the money, but never heard from her. And even said, "We`ve never received your money." The couple had to call the police.
The money was spent again by Degilio at the end of July 2014, of which A $8000 was spent on tuition fees.
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Her third move was in July 2014, when she defrauded another couple of A $15000 in deposits.
The day after the transfer, Degilio paid A $10900 in tuition and another A $5000 a month later.
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The last victim was an old lady, who paid a $50, 000 deposit to buy a property in Clovelly Park.
When the old lady canceled her home purchase plan, Degilio did not return cash.
As soon as Degilio received the transfer, she paid a further A $46000 in tuition, and then spent another A $2000.
These four are still recent occurrence, basically every time is spent after the money to deceive.
According to Degilio, she committed a total of 129 fraudulent crimes between 1988 and 1990. An average of five times a month!
Degilio deceived from the 20th century to the 21st century, skillful, quite sophisticated.
At present, the court said she had declared "bankruptcy," and it was not clear whether she would be able to repay those arrears. I`m afraid I won`t be able to get it back.
Judge Chapman sentenced her to three years and four months in prison and was not released on bail for two years and two months.
