A country music singer allegedly masterminded a $21.5 million property fraud involving dozens of victims to spend the money on ‘sugar babies’ and a lavish lifestyle.
Police are applying to put Heath back behind bars after they arrested the 51-year-old at an Ormond cafe in April allegedly seeking to obtain $20,000 from a 56-year-old care worker in breach of his bail conditions.The court heard he had promised one of his sugar babies a portion of the sum. A sugar baby is a person who provides romantic companionship or sexual intimacy to a wealthy person in return for gifts or financial support.
Heath, who claims to suffer from a “geographical agoraphobia” which causes anxiety when he’s “outside his home zone”, is charged with obtaining financial advantage and property by deception, theft, and using false documents involving more than 30 victims. The court heard Heath would record invoices for the sugar babies, reporting them as “consultants”. Mitchell said she had spoken to “the sugar babies ... a couple of them have been scammed by him”.Magistrate Donna Bakos
“There’s been a broad impact upon the community, lost homes, savings, psychological harm and betrayal, pressures leading to destroyed relationships,” Farrugia said.
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