Bookkeeper Michelle Lawson pleads guilty to $2.8 million farming family fraud
Michelle Kathleen Lawson, 53, defrauded the farming family that employed her in Tully, between Cairns and Townsville. (ABC News: Dominic Cansdale)
In short:
Michelle Kathleen Lawson has pleaded guilty to defrauding seven businesses belonging to members of a farming family from Tully in Far North Queensland.
The District Court heard Lawson funded luxuries with the money gained while working as the family’s trusted bookkeeper.
What’s next?
The 53-year-old is due to be sentenced in Cairns next week.
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