Lauren Cranston sentenced to eight years in jail for ‘trusted’ role in $105m tax fraud scheme

Judge says the daughter of a former ATO deputy commissioner believed she and her conspirators had not done anything wrong

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The daughter of a former tax office deputy commissioner who was a “trusted participant” in one of Australia’s biggest fraud conspiracies has been jailed for at least five years.

Lauren Cranston, 30, still does not believe she has done anything wrong, Justice Anthony Payne said, handing down her eight-year sentence in the NSW supreme court on Monday for her role in the Plutus Payroll conspiracy.

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