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Notorious Sydney businessman Salim Mehajer has been hit with nine more charges for allegedly providing fraudulent information to authorities to avoid traffic offences. Mehajer appeared at Burwood Local Court on Wednesday after he was issued a Court Appearance Notice for the charges relating to the creation of false documents, committing an indictable offence with identity information and false statutory declarations. He also stands accused of fraud offences in that he nominated another person as the driver of his vehicles which had received infringement notices. Mehajer was arrested at a correctional facility at Cooma in May last year and is currently on conditional bail. The bail is in relation to allegations Mehajer staged a 2017 crash in which his Mercedes AMG collided with another vehicle just before he was meant to appear in court over the assault of a taxi driver. He is expected to appear at Burwood Local Court on February 26. Australian Associated Press

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