Matthew Perrin wept in court as he confessed to faking his ex-wife’s signature in $13.5m fraud.
Former Billabong boss Matthew Perrin arrives at the District Court in Brisbane on Wednesday. Picture: Dan Peled/AAP
FORMER Billabong boss Matthew Perrin has admitted he regularly signed his wifes name on legal documents.
The former CEO is on trial in the Brisbane District Court for fraud and forgery after he allegedly faked his wifes signature on bank documents in 2008.
Perrin allegedly used their family house in Surfers Paradise as security for $13.5 million credit from the Commonwealth Bank to fund his failing business investments.
His former wife Nicole Bricknell accused him of mortgaging the $15 million waterfront property on Cronin Island b…
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