Hassan Mehdi, accused of establishing a fraudulent company to steal $1.7 million from Australian scam victims, admitted to deleting crucial messages and claimed police misrepresented evidence found on his phone.
This dramatic testimony unfolded during tense cross-examinations in a civil lawsuit at the NSW Supreme Court. Mehdi, who insists on his innocence, faced scrutiny regarding changes in his account after new information was aired by ABC. He was questioned about whether he intentionally deleted messages, backdated documents, or concealed evidence related to a bank account.
Based in Melbourne, Mehdi founded a company named Supercheap Security in 2021 and subsequently opened a bank account with NAB. Victims, including Jo O’Brien from Victoria, were misled into believing they were making a fixed-term investment in a personal bank account, rather than Supercheap Security’s, a company they had never heard of.
Ultimately, their funds were redirected offshore and stolen.