CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
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A fourth person was today (20 November, 2025) charged for their alleged role in a multi-million dollar fraud in the Northern Territory.
An AFP-led joint agency investigation named Operation Panton Hill - involving the National Anti-Corruption Commission and Department of Defence - began in March 2025, after the AFP received a report of crime from the Department of Defence. It concerned irregularities identified through an internal investigation in relation to the awarding of contracts by Defence with a value of almost $71 million to a Northern Territory business.
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