ABC News (AU)
· collected 2026-09-07 · by Nabil Al-Nashar and Rhiannon Soliman-Marron
Ashlyn Nassif, the daughter of fugitive Sydney developer Jean Nassif, has been sentenced to a six-month community corrections order without supervision for falsifying documents to secure a $150 million loan from Westpac bank. The judge described Ashlyn as someone who "would do almost anything not to disappoint her demanding father", and noted that she was remorseful for her actions. Ashlyn's lawyer stated that her career as a solicitor is likely over, citing the severity of the crime. A psychologist's report was also referenced in court, but its contents are not specified.
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Story summary
Ashlyn Nassif, the 32-year-old daughter of fugitive property developer Jean Nassif, was sentenced to a six-month community corrections order without supervision for falsifying documents to secure a $150 million construction loan from Westpac bank. The loan, used to build three apartment towers in Sydney's north-west, was obtained by providing false information about the number of pre-sold units required. According to her lawyer, Ashlyn Nassif succumbed to pressure from her father to commit the crime, and a psychologist's report detailed the negative impact Jean Nassif had on his daughter's mental health. The judge described Ashlyn Nassif as someone who "would do almost anything not to disappoint her demanding father".
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In short:
Ashlyn Nassif, the daughter of fugitive property developer Jean, has been sentenced to a six-month community corrections order without supervision.
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Nassif → sentence → supervision
Ms Nassif pleaded guilty in June to publishing false misleading material to obtain advantage.
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Nassif → plead → advantage
In handing down his sentence, the judge described Ms Nassif as someone who "would do almost anything not to disappoint her demanding father".
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who → hand → father
The daughter of "notorious" fugitive Sydney developer Jean Nassif has avoided jail for securing a $150 million loan from Westpac bank through a falsified document.
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daughter → avoid → document
Ashlyn Nassif has been sentenced to a six-month community corrections order with no supervision after pleading guilty in June to publishing false misleading material to obtain advantage.
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Nassif → sentence → advantage
Ms Nassif was a solicitor and an executive at Toplace, the construction company owned by her father.
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Nassif → own → father
She sent a document falsifying the number of pre-sold units required to secure the loan and admitted to knowing some of the deposits were only 5 per cent of the value of the units.
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some → send → units
Her lawyer Warwick Korn told the court Mr Nassif's reputation should not be a factor in considering his daughter's crime.
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reputation → tell → crime
"He [Jean Nassif] has become notorious in this state,"he said.
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He → become → state,"he
Ms Nassif provided a letter to the court which described how her relationship with her father influenced her decision.
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relationship → provide → decision
According to the letter, Mr Nassif was angry with his daughter when he found out she had not sent the letter as he had asked.
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he → accord → letter
According to Judge Christopher Halburd, Ms Nassif said: "I thought to myself, 'What if I continued to spiral?'
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I → accord → myself
I went back to the office and did what he asked, knowing that we didn't have the pre-sales required and some of the deposits were per cent."
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some → go → deposits
Judge Halburd said the 32-year-old was remorseful.
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old → say → ?
"This defendant is not some sort of proxy for her father," he said.
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he → say → father
She's being sentenced not in relation to what he did.
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he → sentence → what
She's being sentenced for that one document that she didn't sign that she sent off under pressure from her father.
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she → sentence → father
"She accepts that it's a serious matter and that she breached her position of trust as a solicitor."
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she → accept → solicitor
Mr Korn told the court: "Her career's finished."
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career → tell → court
After reviewing several testimonies, the judge described Mr Nassif as a "somewhat tyrannical father … who seems to have escaped justice".
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who → review → justice
Former employees who witnessed her relationship with her father described him as "foul-mouth" and a "bully", who abused her almost daily.
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who → witness → her
An affidavit provided by Ms Nassif's mother, now Mr Nassif's ex-wife, described a similar picture at home starting from a young age.
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affidavit → provide → age
Mr Korn referenced the mother's testimony which said her ex-husband would be "telling her [Ashlyn Nassif] to lose weight, telling her to get cosmetic surgery so he could show her off".
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Judge Halburd described it as a "complex matter" and a "difficult sentencing exercise", describing Ms Nassif as "a successful hard-working young woman, who would do almost anything not to disappoint her demanding father".
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A psychologist's report provided to the court detailed the effects of Mr Nassif on his daughter's mental health, which the judge said was relevant to his sentencing.
"I accept that there was a life-long pattern established well before adulthood to comply with her father … and I do accept it's relevant," he said.
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According to the report, abusive pressure from her father contributed to Ms Nassif's depression at the time of committing the offence and created a dynamic where she felt compelled "to placate with his demands to submit the fraudulent documents".
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she → accord → documents
The judge said if the matter was concluded years earlier it would have been dealt with by way of a lengthy community corrections order.
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He added there was "no point in having supervision" with her community corrections order.
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