{"id":35457,"date":"2021-11-03T17:47:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T04:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=35457"},"modified":"2021-11-05T17:35:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T04:35:04","slug":"former-police-sergeant-who-claimed-vacant-houses-in-property-scam-has-jail-term-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/former-police-sergeant-who-claimed-vacant-houses-in-property-scam-has-jail-term-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Police sergeant, who claimed vacant houses in property scam, has jail term cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHOTO: Rosa Rossi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">A former Victoria Police sergeant who used obscure laws to steal houses from her unsuspecting victims has had a year shaved off her jail term by two judges, who were still at pains to call her offending &#8220;breathtakingly dishonest&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R v-gc3\">\n<section class=\"_1uHEE _2Mryn\" role=\"contentinfo\" aria-label=\"key points\" data-component=\"KeyPoints\">\n<h2 class=\"wYJvU _1o1Da _1cBaI _18377 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">Key points:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"_1PvbE\" role=\"list\" data-component=\"List\">\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Between 2016 and 2017, Rosa Rossi used obscure laws to claim six vacant properties \u2014 three in the town of Willaura, near Ararat, and three in Melbourne<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">She rented out two of the properties, earning about $13,000 in rent<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">The judges called Rossi&#8217;s offending &#8220;cynical&#8221; and &#8220;premeditated&#8221;, but said her guilty pleas should have been reflected in her sentence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/september-housing-market-report-realestate-com-au-watch\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb  entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/REA-Senior-Economist-Eleanor-Creagh.jpeg?resize=460%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/REA-Senior-Economist-Eleanor-Creagh.jpeg?resize=460%2C270&amp;ssl=1 460w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/REA-Senior-Economist-Eleanor-Creagh.jpeg?zoom=2&amp;resize=460%2C270&amp;ssl=1 920w\" alt=\"REA Senior Economist Eleanor Creagh\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/REA-Senior-Economist-Eleanor-Creagh.jpeg?resize=460%2C270&amp;ssl=1 460w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/REA-Senior-Economist-Eleanor-Creagh.jpeg?zoom=2&amp;resize=460%2C270&amp;ssl=1 920w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/REA-Senior-Economist-Eleanor-Creagh.jpeg?resize=460%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/september-housing-market-report-realestate-com-au-watch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">September Housing Market Report | Realestate.com.au (WATCH)<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Rosa Rossi was originally sentenced in the County Court to four and a half years behind bars over the elaborate ruse, but claimed that sentence was &#8220;manifestly excessive&#8221; and launched an appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Today, Justices Phillip Priest and Terry Forrest agreed and resentenced Rossi, ordering her to spend three and a half years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">They also reduced her parole period to one year and nine months, meaning she could be eligible for parole in June next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">But the judges were frank about how the court viewed Rossi&#8217;s offending.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R _1VIKT\" data-component=\"Pullquote\">\n<blockquote class=\"_2Bzft\">\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\"><em><strong>&#8220;It should not be thought that we have lost sight of the seriousness of the applicant&#8217;s offending,&#8221; they said.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;It was cynical, premeditated and breathtakingly dishonest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;We consider the applicant&#8217;s offending to have been \u2026 perpetrated by a person whose sworn duty it was to uphold the law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;Her actions were calculated to erode the community&#8217;s trust in its police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">However, they also acknowledged that Rossi&#8217;s victims did not suffer any &#8220;substantial financial loss&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;This was not a case where a victim was left destitute as a result of the applicant&#8217;s fraudulent activity,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_3HiYf _2K_6X _1cBaI _2b-O4 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">Scam targeted homeowners who were interstate, overseas<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Between 2016 and 2017, Rossi claimed six vacant properties \u2014 three in the rural town of Willaura, near Ararat, and three in Melbourne \u2014 which together were conservatively valued at more than $2.6 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Her scam often followed a loose but distinctive pattern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">The 57-year-old would find a home that had been empty for some time and change the locks on the property, never explicitly telling the locksmith that she was not the owner.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"_2XhY1 _2X-83 g1U-R _3V6uS\" role=\"group\" data-print=\"inline-media\" aria-labelledby=\"100590620\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100590620\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/fc1bf1797d912e8cc1749ef26f9d677b?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=1997&amp;cropW=3000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=154&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"A yellow weatherboard house with a corrugated iron roof, in a state of disrepair.\" data-component=\"Image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"100590620\" class=\"_1WKJ_ _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\"><em><strong>This house in Willaura was one of six claimed by Rosa Rossi in a property scam.<cite 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