Cold, hard cash: Six-figure sum buried in a cooler at Cranston’s Hunter hideaway

Millions of dollars in stolen taxes flowed into and out of Adam Cranston’s bank accounts as he splurged on sports cars, a private plane and a property portfolio. Adam, who is the son of former ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston, used a network of companies stemming from payroll business Plutus Payroll to intentionally fail to remit $105 million in taxes. Cranston said he had previously worked in insolvency and saw people “walk away from companies without any possibility of paying their tax debt and keep their assets without a penalty and driving Ferrari’s [sic]. More from Brisbane Times.