WA man sentenced after attempting to steal superannuation from useless girlfriend

A has been sentenced to almost 4 years in jail after fraudulently attempting to assert his useless girlfriend’s superannuation and life insurance coverage advantages.

The AFP then charged the person in July 2020, after claims that he had accessed the tremendous account within the hours following her dying from medical problems in 2019.

The lady’s relations reported issues about her monetary affairs after the person tried to acquire a replica of the dying certificates. 

The person, 32, was sentenced in Perth District Courtroom yesterday after being discovered responsible of logging into the lady’s superannuation account on her telephone and altering the beneficiary nomination to his personal particulars. 

He tried to entry virtually $400,000 in tremendous and life insurance coverage advantages.

He was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole interval of 1 12 months and 11 months.

AFP Detective Inspector Andrea Coleman stated investigators labored laborious to guard the lady’s financial savings.

“On this case, we now have helped to guard this younger girl’s nest-egg and make sure the cash is supplied to the beneficiary who she selected,” Coleman stated.

“The work our folks do is vital.

“I want to thank the devoted women and men of the AFP who labored tirelessly, not simply on this case, however day-after-day.”