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| Subject: LOL: Vanuatu PM's aide arrested for tax scam Tue May 01, 2012 7:19 pm | |
| A SENIOR adviser to the Prime Minister of Vanuatu has been arrested at Sydney Airport for an alleged international tax scam.
The Australian Federal Police arrested the Prime Minister's private secretary, Clarence Marae, on Friday on charges of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth and on Monday transported him to Brisbane.
He appeared before Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday and is set to reappear on May 16. Advertisement: Story continues below
In the 1980s, Mr Marae was charged with taking Vanuatu's largest ever bribe.
Mr Marae was travelling with the Prime Minister, Sato Kilman, on an official trip to Israel when he was detained in transit.
A spokeswoman for the federal police confirmed they arrested a 51-year-old man at Sydney Airport on Friday.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/vanuatu-pms-aide-arrested-for-alleged-scam-20120501-1xx4i.html#ixzz1tfArG6Vn
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