The boss of the Comanchero bikie gang and his wife have been ordered to repay a tax debt of almost $4 million.
On December 21, the Supreme Court ordered Mick Murray, the national president of the Comancheros, and Debbie Pitman to repay the Australian Tax Office.
The ATO found the pair had failed to pay income tax between 2008 and 2013, after their affairs were referred by the National Anti-Gangs Squad.
The boss of the Comanchero bikie gang and his wife have been ordered to repay a tax debt of almost $4million (stock image)
Associate Justice Mark Derham said the couple must pay back $3.72million, which includes taxes, interest and penalties, The Herald Sun reported.
Ms Pitman told the court Murray had been using her accounts, meaning she should not be liable, but Associate Justice Derham rejected her claims.
‘Murray and Pitman’s defences have no real prospect of success,’ he said.
Mick Murray, the national president of the Comancheros, and Debbie Pitman were ordered to repay the Australian Tax Office by the Supreme Court on December 21 (stock image)
‘There is at present no reason … why costs should not follow.’
Murray, a focus of Victoria police’s anti-bikie Echo Taskforce since taking control of the club, is also facing two-year jail for an offence about which details cannot be published.
A court also heard he was reportedly present during a strip club brawl between Comancheros in August but made no attempt to stop the violence, The Canberra Times reported.
It occurred during the club’s national run, with over 100 Comanchero bikies converging on Canberra.
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