During a search of the 
woman’s home, 
police found more than six Hermes bags (with a receipt indicating one of them had cost $30,000), a Rolex watch receipt for $24,000 and boxes for luxury handbags — too numerous to count.
There were large quantities of goods from luxury brands including Burberry, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton.
Redactions in the police evidence hid some of the items found, including a receipt for one item worth $400,000.
There was also the ownership, in whole or in part, of multiple properties and vehicles.
The court refused the woman's application for bail last week, in part because of a risk the woman would flee the country during the investigation.
When the woman was arrested, five suitcases consistent with international travel were found in her lounge room, and she reportedly told an associate she intended to leave and had packed bags of clothes.
abc.net.au/news/2025-08-1
woman’s home, police found more than six Hermes bags (with a receipt indicating one of them had cost $30,000), a Rolex watch receipt for $24,000 and boxes for luxury handbags — too numerous to count.
There were large quantities of goods from luxury brands including Burberry, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton.
Redactions in the police evidence hid some of the items found, including a receipt for one item worth $400,000.
There was also the ownership, in whole or in part, of multiple properties and vehicles.
The court refused the woman's application for bail last week, in part because of a risk the woman would flee the country during the investigation.
When the woman was arrested, five suitcases consistent with international travel were found in her lounge room, and she reportedly told an associate she intended to leave and had packed bags of clothes.
abc.net.au/news/2025-08-1
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The woman has engaged in covert or deceptive conduct since 2022 to collect information on the religious group, which is attached to the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and is outlawed in China.
The woman has tasked associates to help her collect information on behalf of, or in x.com/byron_wan/stat…
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The woman has tasked associates to help her collect information on behalf of, or in x.com/byron_wan/stat…