At least six years' jail for ringleader of $17m scam

By Adam Carey
Updated September 25 2017 - 1:03pm, first published 12:55pm
mcj 24.7.2014
Albert Ooi leaves the Melbourne County Court.
The Age/News, Picture Michael Clayton-Jones, Melbourne,story Adam Carey

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mcj 24.7.2014 Albert Ooi leaves the Melbourne County Court. The Age/News, Picture Michael Clayton-Jones, Melbourne,story Adam Carey IMG_1057.jpg

The ringleader of a seven-year, multimillion-dollar conspiracy to defraud taxpayers and rig the awarding of public transport contracts to himself and his corrupt colleague has been sentenced to almost nine years in jail.

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