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19 September 2025
Former hospital worker avoids conviction for “mystifying” $34k fraud

A former Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) employee has avoided conviction after swindling more than $34,000 from the hospital in offending that “mystified” everyone around him.

The 49-year-old appeared at Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday in front of a packed court room to plead guilty to 17 charges of obtaining funds by deception.

He was previously facing 92 charges, but they wer...

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