Dishonest Offences Sydney
Dishonesty offences are rampant in society. We are the leading criminal lawyers for dishonesty offences, including domestic violence allegations.
 From stealing, fraud and shoplifting, to employees who defrauded their employers, to members of organised crime syndicates, and money laundering, our lawyers are here to help you. We keep clients out of prison and have charges dismissed without convictions.
Regardless of what you are charged with, our expert dishonesty offence solicitors can help you avoid prison and have your charges dismissed without a conviction.
Types of dishonesty offences we appear in
Our team specialises in defending against the following types of dishonesty offences:
- Obtaining a financial advantage (Centrelink or the ATO)
- Obtaining a financial advantage by deception
- Dishonestly causing a loss (Centrelink or the ATO)
- Goods in custody
- Proceeds of crime
- Receiving stolen property
- Stealing (larceny)
- Stealing from a person
We will assign you a seasoned lawyer who will not only clearly explain the charges against you and what you can do about your situation, but also represent you in court. They will use every tool at their disposal to minimise the impact of the case on your life, family and career.
Pleading not guilty
If you plead not guilty, then there are many ways that our criminal lawyers are able to defend your dishonesty charge. These include:
- Identification, which is where you do not challenge that a dishonesty offence occurred, but your defence is that it was committed by someone else.
- No offence occurred.
- Duress, which is where your actions were performed because of threats (express or implied) of death or really serious injury.Â
- Necessity is where circumstances (natural or human threats) bear upon you to such an extent that they induce you to break the law, as the consequences of not doing so would be even more dire.
You can read more information about pleading not guilty here.
Pleading guilty
If you plead guilty, our criminal lawyers can help you obtain a lenient sentence for your dishonesty offences.
For example, you can avoid a sentence of imprisonment or have no criminal record by obtaining a section 10 dismissal. You can read more about section 10 here.
Ways that our criminal lawyers can assist you in preparing your sentence for an dishonesty offence include:
- Negotiating with prosecutors for you to plead guilty to less serious facts or a less serious charge.
- Assisting you with references and apology letters. Read more about how to write a good reference and apology letter here.
- Obtaining psychological and psychiatric reports.
- Directing you to other services, such as drug and alcohol programs, counsellors, psychologists, and psychiatrists.
- Referring you to programs and courses that the courts hold in high regard, like MERIT, SMART Recovery, and the Salvation Army’s Positive Lifestyles Program.
- Helping you collate corroborating documents that show the effect a conviction will have on you, such as employment contracts and travel documents.
- Submitting applications for residential rehabilitation services.
You can read more about pleading guilty here.
Bail
If you are refused bail, our criminal lawyers can assist you in obtaining bail for your dishonesty charge.
Bail is where a person charged with a criminal offence is released from prison while their case is being determined in court.
You can apply for bail in the Local Court, District Court, Supreme Court, and Court of Criminal Appeal.
Common bail conditions include, but are not limited to the following examples:
- You or someone else deposits or agrees to forfeit property or money to ensure a person attends court. You get the money back at the end of the case unless the accused person fails to attend court.
- You reside at one specific address.
- You report to a police station on specified days.
- You have a curfew imposed preventing you from leaving your home between specified times, including being under ‘house arrest’.
- You abstain from alcohol and drugs, including sobriety tests.
- You are restricted from associating with specified persons, including co-accused and witnesses.
- You are restricted from visiting specified places, locations and entire suburbs.
- You use a single mobile phone or agree not to have a ‘smart’ phone or not use certain applications.
- You are forbidden from entering international departure points.
- You surrender your passport to the court or police.
You can read more about obtaining bail here.
ABOUT AUSTRALIAN CRIMINAL LAW GROUP
Serving clients from offices in Parramatta, Blacktown and the Sydney CBD, we are Sydney’s top criminal law experts, with a reputation for fighting for our clients’ rights.
Our lawyers have represented clients in some of the highest-profile cases in Australia. This includes sexual assault, murder and large-scale drug importations. Each week, our lawyers also appear in traffic and other smaller matters. These involve everyday people who have been falsely accused of a crime or who wish to minimise the impact of a terrible mistake.
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