Former Australian Labor MP Craig Thomson Arrested Over Alleged Multi-Million Dollar Migration Fraud

Former Australian Labor MP Craig Thomson Arrested Over Alleged Multi-Million Dollar Migration Fraud
Independent candidate Craig Thomson stands out the front of Blue Haven polling booth in the electorate of Dobell on election day on September 7, 2013 in Gosford, Australia. Tony Feder/Getty Images
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Craig Thomson, the former Labor MP for Dobell, has been arrested after police alleged he was the primary organiser of a multi-million dollar migration fraud.

The former parliamentarian was arrested at his home in Terrigal on the central New South Wales coast after a long-running investigation which saw the Australian Federal Police search Thomson’s residence in Wamberal in July.

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