FraudNet has a new member in ||Australia||, ||John Mitchell||, of ||Arnold Bloch Leibler, Melbourne & Sydney||. John has particular expertise acting for numerous directors and executives of public companies in high profile corporate collapses and recovery proceedings and investigations by the Australian regulators. He has extensive experience in the area of white collar crime, including acting for an Australian listed company in relation to the fraudulent misappropriation by a senior executive of AUD$17 million over 4 years by means of fake invoices. The matter involved covert investigations into the employee’s activities, confronting the employee at his place of work and urgent Court proceedings for asset freezing orders against the employee, his accomplices and numerous companies through which the misappropriated funds were channelled. John has also acted for a number of high-net-worth individuals in relation to Project Wickenby, a joint task force set up by various Australian Federal government agencies including the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crimes Commission to investigate and prosecute tax evasion and in particular complex off shore structuring for the purpose of defrauding the Australian Commonwealth. Click here to view his profile.