Jean Nassif’s daughter avoids jail as court hears father ‘pressured’ her to falsify documents for $150m loan

Source: The Guardian 1 hour ago

Ashlyn Nassif, daughter of Toplace boss who fled Australia in 2022, had pleaded guilty to providing false or misleading information to obtain loan from Westpac

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The daughter of a fugitive property developer has avoided jail after a Sydney judge said she was “not some sort of proxy for her father”.

Ashlyn Nassif, the daughter of Jean Nassif, pleaded guilty in June to providing false or misleading information to obtain the loan from Westpac, which was used to construct three apartment towers in Sydney’s north-west in 2021.

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Jean Nassif’s daughter avoids jail as court hears father ‘pressured’ her to falsify documents for $150m loan

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