Banker turned bikie Aaron Wynn, ex-NRL player Willis Meehan, sentenced for defrauding ATO

One is a former NRL player who became a boxer, another is a one-time banking executive turned bikie. Together, they helped hatch a plan to defraud thousands of dollars from taxpayers.

Aaron Wynn, a one-time Westpac bank manager turned Hells Angel bikie, and professional fighter Willis Meehan, a former Roosters NRL player, confessed to conspiring with Hells Angels Parramatta chapter boss Mustafa Hafizi to defraud the Australian Taxation Office of $81,597 between February and May in 2022.

The scam involved Wynn using his MyGov account to lodge four false business activity statements claiming GST refunds for money purportedly spent on goods and services to support his fake business. The ATO paid the first refund of $11,073, into Wynn's bank account on February 23, 2022.

Parramatta District Court heard the money was divided between the trio, with Hafizi paid $6000, half of which he transferred to Meehan. The other three refund applications were not processed, however, after authorities audited Wynn's account in March.

In sentencing Wynn and Meehan last month, judge Sophia Beckett accepted both had limited criminal histories and had shown degrees of remorse.

She sentenced Meehan to nine months' jail, but agreed to release him on a good behaviour bond. Wynn was jailed for eight months, but also received a good behaviour bond. Wynn remains in custody, bail refused, on unrelated charges.

Hafizi, who has also pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud charge and is on bail, will be sentenced in February.