Peter Ravenscroft pleads guilty to obtaining financial advantage by deception, avoids jail

A former police officer from the UK who lied about his work and education history, including claiming diplomas from a fake university, to gain high-paying Victorian government jobs has been spared a jail term.

Peter Ravenscroft worked as a police officer until he migrated to Australia with his family in 2007.

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