Dylan DiPierdomenico charged with theft from employer

The son of AFL nice Robert DiPierdomenico has denied allegations he stole greater than $115,000 price of {golfing} gear from a former employer.

Dylan DiPierdomenico, 40, faces 70 fees of dishonestly acquiring property from his time as a gross sales supervisor for MGI Golf, a sporting items retailer within the Melbourne suburb of Nunawading, throughout 2018 and 2019.

In keeping with paperwork launched by the Melbourne Magistrates’ Courtroom on Wednesday, Mr DiPierdomenico carried out the alleged thefts by faking invoices for gear.

Mr DiPierdomenico, from Vermont, entered a plea of not responsible in court docket on Wednesday, showing by way of videolink alongside his lawyer Christopher Farrington.

Prosecutor Edwina Dane instructed the court docket that the primary 67 fees in opposition to the accused had been withdrawn, leaving the remaining 70.

Justice of the Peace Andrew McKenna stated that the proof for the remaining fees, taken at its highest, was robust sufficient to assist a conviction.

Mr McKenna dedicated Mr DiPierdomenico to face trial within the County Courtroom, the place he faces a instructions listening to in August.

Mr Farrington instructed the court docket that the matter was “very near decision”.

In keeping with Senior Constable Robert Gyarmathy’s assertion launched by the court docket, Mr DiPierdomenico allegedly used the funds to finance his playing dependancy.

Constable Gyarmathy alleges Mr DiPierdomenico made pretend PayPal accounts with MGI Golf’s particulars and altered MGI Golf’s invoices in order that they contained his personal financial institution particulars.

The assertion alleges Mr DiPierdomenico would obtain cost from prospects into both his personal checking account or the MGI account that solely he had entry to.

Mr DiPierdomenico, after receiving cost, would regulate the invoices to an current account holder, a golf-related enterprise or delete the bill altogether, Constable Gyarmathy alleges.

Whereas the client would obtain the products paid for, Constable Gyarmathy alleges MGI Golf would imagine the merchandise had been despatched out as a giveaway, promotion or a prize.

Mr DiPierdomenico will return to court docket on August 9.