An Indonesian student who allegedly had her details used as part of an elaborate $1 million tax fraud says she has never met or heard of the former public servant on trial.
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Rishi Khandelwal, 29, is facing more than 300 charges for using the identities of Indonesian university students to file hundreds of fake tax returns to the Australian Tax Office.
He allegedly embezzled more than $1 million, using a series of bank accounts to receive the money, before funnelling most of it back into a mother account and withdrawing it at ATMs across Canberra.
The trial into the alleged fraud heard from three Indonesian students linked to the case.
One of the students said she had no knowledge of a series of bank accounts created in her name and did not use them to make any transactions.
She said she did not file a tax return as her visa did not allow her to work.
The student was asked whether she had ever met or heard of Khandelwal, and whether she recognised the accused sitting in court.
She said she had not heard of him and did not recognise him.
Two more Indonesia students also gave evidence, saying they had never seen Khandelwal and had not disclosed their tax file numbers to anyone except trusted organisations.
Their personal details were allegedly found on a database linked to the case, the court heard.
The trial resumes before Magistrate Peter Dingwall on Wednesday.
