Cranston: Ato and Fraud

cranston: The IGT said there was no evidence of systemic internal fraud or corruption within the ATO, but the ATO should improve its internal processes to prevent actual or perceived undue influence by relevant senior officers in individual matters, according to The Guardian. ATO official Michael Cranston 'unwittingly' caught up in alleged fraud Read more It has made 13 recommendations for the ATO to improve the way it manages potential conflicts of interest, including how senior ATO officials intervene in individual tax cases. The inspector general of taxation IGT has said concerns have been raised that certain taxpayers may have received favourable treatment in ATO audits and disputes after the taxpayer's representative directly contacted a more senior officer with whom they had a pre-existing relationship. The IGT released its review on Monday of the multimillion-dollar fraud last year involving a senior ATO official. The AFP investigation led to the arrest of nine people across the greater Sydney area. In May 2017, the Australian federal police revealed that a deputy ATO commissioner, Michael Cranston, had been unwittingly caught up in an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud involving his 30-year-old son, Adam, and his 24-year-old daughter, Lauren. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.