Former CSIRO executive Mark Wallis admits defrauding government agency of more than $322,000

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Updated April 22 2022 - 6:48am, first published 4:30am
Mark Wallis, left, leaves court with his solicitor, Michael Kukulies-Smith, on Thursday. Picture: Blake Foden
Mark Wallis, left, leaves court with his solicitor, Michael Kukulies-Smith, on Thursday. Picture: Blake Foden

A former CSIRO executive deceived the federal government agency for years in order to obtain more than $322,000 worth of personal items, including a jet ski and expensive cars, exhibiting what a prosecutor has called "extreme fraudulent behaviour".

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Blake Foden was a court reporter at The Canberra Times.

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