More about Ray here.
UPDATE 1 (Thursday)
The Age this morning (Thursday) has slightly more.
ORIGINAL
The Age reports:
Former Vic student union chief jailedThe Herald is running the same AAP story.February 6, 2008 - 12:37 PM
A disgraced former president of the Melbourne University Student Union has been sentenced 20 months' jail with a minimum of six months for fraud.Darren Kenneth Ray, 26, was sentenced in the Victorian County Court on charges relating to operating bank accounts under false names and obtaining financial advantage by deception.
The court heard Ray swindled Australian taxpayers of $182,281.42 by lodging business account statements under false names.
In sentencing, Judge Jane Campton said she had taken into account Ray's youth and genuine remorse, but that a term of imprisonment was appropriate.
"No other sentence is appropriate," Judge Campton said.
"You took advantage of the GST system. Crimes of this nature are difficult to detect, your offending was well planned and carried out with a degree of sophistication."
He was ordered to repay the fraudulent funds to the Commonwealth of Australia.
Ray, of St Kilda Road, Melbourne, has been embroiled in several legal disputes since the collapse of the Melbourne University Student Union in 2004.
He was president of the union in 2002 and presided over a $46 million property deal to develop a student accommodation building.
A 2003 auditor's report warned the deal could send the student union broke.
In February 2004, the Melbourne Supreme Court ordered the union be wound up based on the report.
Some interesting background on Ray's activities is provided on the MUSU Labor Club/Liberal Club/Student Alliance/Go forces alliance.
And more here: much, much more.









