{"id":27680,"date":"2020-09-19T16:46:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T04:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=27680"},"modified":"2020-09-19T16:46:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T04:46:38","slug":"real-estate-agent-scott-burgess-avoids-jail-for-25000-anz-blackmail-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/real-estate-agent-scott-burgess-avoids-jail-for-25000-anz-blackmail-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Real estate agent Scott Burgess avoids jail for $25,000 ANZ blackmail attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHOTO: ANZ&#8217;s Victorian and Tasmanian property manager received five emails from Scott Burgess demanding money in return for documents. <cite class=\"_21SmZ _3_Aqg _1hGzz _1-RZJ P8HGV _16dJg\" data-component=\"Figure__cite\">(AAP)<\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">A real estate agent who tried to blackmail one of Australia&#8217;s biggest banks into paying a $25,000 ransom for reams of confidential documents it left behind in a defunct branch has narrowly avoided jail.<\/p>\n<section class=\"vB11C _1tnlo _1w6Cw _1pc-9 _2EbnQ\" role=\"contentinfo\" aria-label=\"key points\" data-component=\"KeyPoints\">\n<h2 class=\"_3mduI _2gTdF _1deB8 jwLlj _1O6ck _1GKnS _2o9MN _1-RZJ\" data-component=\"Heading\">Key points:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"W8pqX\" role=\"list\" data-component=\"List\">\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Burgess told ANZ &#8220;I don&#8217;t do things for nothing&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">In many of the emails he sent to ANZ demanding money, the 42-year-old signed his full name<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Burgess was immediately arrested after a meeting with two ANZ employees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Scott Burgess, 42, was instead placed on a two-year community corrections order over the scam, which Victorian County Court Judge Gerard Mullaly said was naive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;Your exploitation of this situation that arose is to be condemned, but I cannot see this as a sophisticated, highly malevolent example of blackmail,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;Plainly it was not nearly sharp business practices and even with your level of naivety, you knew it was wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">In February last year, ANZ&#8217;s Victorian and Tasmanian property manager, Miki Minakami, received five unsolicited emails from Burgess, after the bank returned the keys to its defunct Corryong branch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">But Ms Minakami became alarmed when Burgess began demanding money, telling her that sacks full of personal documents, which were meant to be destroyed, had been left behind in the move.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE VIA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2020-09-18\/real-estate-agent-scott-burgess-avoids-jail-over-anz-blackmail\/12678596\">ABC<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\"><span class=\"accent-typo\">MOST POPULAR<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"widgets-list-layout no-grav\">\n<li><a class=\"bump-view\" title=\"Rihanna\u2019s eight-bed London mansion is on sale for $56 million\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/rihannas-eight-bed-london-mansion-is-on-sale-for-56-million\/\" data-bump-view=\"tp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgets-list-layout-blavatar lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rihanna.jpg?fit=650%2C366&amp;ssl=1&amp;resize=40%2C40\" alt=\"Rihanna\u2019s eight-bed London mansion is on sale for $56 million\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 40px; 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