AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-2000
Vic; MP may be innocent of bribe charges, court hears
A National Crime Authority inspector has agreed it's possible federal MP ANDREW THEOPHANOUS
didn't take thousands of dollars in bribes.
NCA acting Sergeant GEOFF ARNOLD said under cross-examination in Melbourne Magistrates
Court today, he believed THEOPHANOUS had behaved suspiciously when he met a man who allegedly
offered him $22,000.
THEOPHANOUS, aged 53, faces 27 charges including receiving tens of thousands of dollars
in fees for providing immigration assistance.
The MP, of northwest suburban Keilor, has pleaded not guilty to …
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