Awful blow for footy legend Robert DiPierdomenico as his son is JAILED for crimes related to his gambling addiction
Awful blow for footy legend Robert DiPierdomenico as his son is JAILED for crimes related to his gambling addiction
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The son of an AFL legend will spend nine months behind bars for stealing $140,000 from a family-owned business. Dylan DiPierdomenico admitted 71 instances of fraud over 10 months while he was national sales manager at MGI Golf. He stole $140,717.70 from the family-run golfing wholesaler, between August 2018 and June 2019, by fraudulently running transactions and creating invoices for customers with his PayPal or bank account details.
![[DiPierdomenico (pictured outside a Melbourne court earlier this month) was slammed by a magistrate for failing to pay back any of the money he stole]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/00/94661977-14340409-image-a-29_1738198042503.jpg)
He has since paid back about $18,000 to the business, however more than $122,000 remains outstanding. The son of retired AFL player Robert 'Dipper' DiPierdomenico said he stole the money due to a gambling addiction, which he is now receiving counselling for.
DiPierdomenico, who has been on bail for the offending, faced the County Court in Melbourne on Thursday where he learnt his fate after pleading guilty to obtaining property by deception. Dylan DiPierdomenico (pictured left with his AFL legend father Robert) has been jailed for nine months after stealing more than $140,000 from a business he was employed by.
DiPierdomenico (pictured outside a Melbourne court earlier this month) was slammed by a magistrate for failing to pay back any of the money he stole. During a hearing earlier this month, MGI Golf chief executive Carrie Edwards-Britt claimed Robert DiPierdomenico told a mutual friend he could not understand why she was angry over the situation because it was 'just money'.
