Nine months after Macquarie Group-backed Next Payments supplied their machines, Al Deleymi was stopped in a silver Ford Ranger utility in NSW with $530,000 cash — leading to him facing a NSW Crime Commission investigation over alleged handling of proceeds of crime. Macquarie Group company's private ATM's fuelling illegal tobacco trade Photo shows Next ATM in a closed tobacconist in Burpengary An ABC investigation finds that among investments raking in the dollars for the Australian-founded Macquarie Group is the nation's billion-dollar illegal tobacco trade. The seizure triggered the NSW Crime Commission to freeze funds in bank accounts linked to other tobacco shops tied to Al Deleymi and he faced charges of dealing with the proceeds of crime.
Author: Liam Walsh and Rory Callinan
Published at: 2025-07-12 21:11:13
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