Gucci, Coldplay and wooden bowls: what billionaire’s secretary allegedly bought in $1.6m credit card fraud spree

Former secretary of philanthropist Judith Neilson allegedly used unauthorised credit cards during multi-year shopping spree for artwork, concert tickets and monogrammed napkins Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The private secretary of billionaire philanthropist Judith Neilson allegedly used multiple credit cards owned by her employer to make luxury purchases including goods from Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Gucci and a box at a Coldplay concert, and arranged a transfer of almost $38,000 for wooden bowls, court documents reveal. Annalouise Spence, 51, was refused bail last week after being charged with 68 counts of dishonestly obtaining property by deception after she allegedly made unauthorised purchases totalling $1.6m. She was arrested last week in Erskineville, in Sydney’s inner west, after officers executed search warrants at the home and a storage unit in Campbelltown, police said. Police allegedly found 115 items, seizing luxury handbags, jewellery, clothing, documents and other personal items. In Spence’s charge sheet, seen by Guardian Australia, police allege she obtained a credit card in her