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A Melbourne lawyer has been charged by Victorian anti gangland detectives over a cold case investigation into the brazen robbery of an Armaguard van that netted bandits more than $4 million 20 years ago.
The lawyer's identity was suppressed on Tuesday by a magistrate who made the order out of concern for the defendant's safety after she read a confidential affidavit from police.
Police believe the van was followed from the city by a gang member and that once it was halted by a "worker" in overalls with a stop sign a cohort opened the back door with a skeleton key,then put a gun to a guard's head.
Two more guards in the front seat were removed then all three were tied by their hands and ordered not to move.
The van was driven to a nearby lane where the guards were handcuffed together and had plastic bags replica van cleef arpels alhambra necklace put over their heads before crates holding the money were unloaded. The guards heard a vehicle drive away.
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Stephen Fontana in March described knock off van cleef necklace the heist as an "exceptionally well planned" crime.
Mr Fontana said police wanted to identify two people who later tried to launder $40,000 from the robbery in a city bank.
The man and woman were filmed by a security camera trying to exchange the cash two months after the heist, but fled the bank when challenged, leaving the money behind.
Mr Fontana said the unnamed Melbourne lawyer had recently imitation clover necklace van cleef been charged with money laundering in connection with the original 1994 robbery.
The lawyer, 55, did not appear by arrangement on Tuesday in Melbourne Magistrates Court for a filing hearing of a charge of money laundering and one of obtaining a financial advantage by deception.
It is alleged the offences were committed at various locations in Victoria on or about August 11, 1994, and July 21, 1995.
The deception charge relates to the accused avoiding stamp duty and associated taxes and fees by under quoting the sale and purchase price of land.
Prosecutor David Bosso applied for a "proceeding" suppression order and told magistrate Luisa Bazzani the affidavit set out the "concerns and reasons" for the order.
Mr Bosso told the court the charges were originally listed to be heard in a magistrates court, but that the Director of Public Prosecutions had recently decided to "take over" the case.
A Melbourne lawyer has been charged by Victorian anti gangland detectives over a cold case investigation into the brazen robbery of an Armaguard van that netted bandits more than $4 million 20 years ago.
The lawyer's identity was suppressed on Tuesday by a magistrate who made the order out of concern for the defendant's safety after she read a confidential affidavit from police.
Police believe the van was followed from the city by a gang member and that once it was halted by a "worker" in overalls with a stop sign a cohort opened the back door with a skeleton key,then put a gun to a guard's head.
Two more guards in the front seat were removed then all three were tied by their hands and ordered not to move.
The van was driven to a nearby lane where the guards were handcuffed together and had plastic bags replica van cleef arpels alhambra necklace put over their heads before crates holding the money were unloaded. The guards heard a vehicle drive away.
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Stephen Fontana in March described knock off van cleef necklace the heist as an "exceptionally well planned" crime.
Mr Fontana said police wanted to identify two people who later tried to launder $40,000 from the robbery in a city bank.
The man and woman were filmed by a security camera trying to exchange the cash two months after the heist, but fled the bank when challenged, leaving the money behind.
Mr Fontana said the unnamed Melbourne lawyer had recently imitation clover necklace van cleef been charged with money laundering in connection with the original 1994 robbery.
The lawyer, 55, did not appear by arrangement on Tuesday in Melbourne Magistrates Court for a filing hearing of a charge of money laundering and one of obtaining a financial advantage by deception.
It is alleged the offences were committed at various locations in Victoria on or about August 11, 1994, and July 21, 1995.
The deception charge relates to the accused avoiding stamp duty and associated taxes and fees by under quoting the sale and purchase price of land.
Prosecutor David Bosso applied for a "proceeding" suppression order and told magistrate Luisa Bazzani the affidavit set out the "concerns and reasons" for the order.
Mr Bosso told the court the charges were originally listed to be heard in a magistrates court, but that the Director of Public Prosecutions had recently decided to "take over" the case.
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