Accused swindler Andrew Triantafyllos has been charged after Victoria Police’s financial crimes squad raided his Essendon home, alleging he orchestrated a luxury car fraud totalling almost $1.1 million.
Triantafyllos, 48, was arrested on Tuesday, December 2, and later charged over alleged deceptions involving eight high-end vehicles purchased from online resale websites between November 2023 and October 2024.
Police claim the cars, including a Lamborghini, Audi, Porsche, Range Rover, Mini Cooper, Bentley and two BMWs, were fraudulently obtained and had a combined value of $1,091,000. Six of the vehicles have since been returned to their alleged victims.
Search warrants were also executed at a Niddrie home and an Essendon business, with investigators seizing phones, laptops, number plates and paperwork.
Triantafyllos has been charged with nine counts of obtaining property by deception and possession of cocaine, and is expected to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. Police said the investigation “remains ongoing”.
The arrest adds to years of turmoil surrounding Triantafyllos, whose property has been targeted in shootings, firebombings and car arsons.
He has previously been linked to multiple luxury car hire companies accused of withholding deposits, though he has denied wrongdoing.
“I am not a criminal,” he said last year. “I am a victim of extortion.”
Source: Herald Sun.
