de stefano told the jury during cross-examination at each trial that he was borrowing large sums of money from clarke to feed his own gambling addiction, and had met clarke when frequenting the crown casino high rollers room. he said all loans from clarke were repaid within 24 hours. david pearson, forensic accountant with the victoria police major fraud group, told the jury that de stefano was laundering money via clarke using a series of round robin financial transactions channelled through allan's trust account totalling $3,75 million. these funds were eventually converted into cheques payable to crown casino much of the money laundered had been replaced, but $140,000 lent to de stefano was still outstanding.