Fraudsters admit stealing $1m from South Australia Victims of Crime Fund AN EMBEZZLEMENT ring siphoned $1 million from the South Australian victims compensation fund over four years in separate instalments worth as much as $50,000, a court has heard. Former Attorney-General's Department employee Nicholas Wayne Lowe, 30, appeared in the District Court today. He pleaded guilty to 26 aggravated counts of dishonest dealing with documents. His co-accused Travis James Langston, James Peter Moore, Kane Peter Dominey and Steven James Langston also pleaded guilty to multiple counts of the same offence. Previously, prosecutors alleged the charges arose from an Anti-Corruption Branch investigation into the Victims of Crime Compensation Fund. They claimed it was sparked when discrepancies were noticed in pending claims within the Crown Solicitor's Office. A legal officer within the office made the discovery and alerted senior managers, who called in police. Prosecutors further alleged that, in his position with the Crown Solicitor's Office, Lowe had delegation to approve claims of less than $10,000 - the majority of those paid out of the fund. Today, the court heard some of the fraudulent claims were lodged between October 2008 and August 2012. They were valued at between $10,000 and $50,000. Lucy Boord, prosecuting, said the guilty pleas did not bring the matter to a close. She said lawyers for co-accused Daniel Stephen Almstetter wanted more time to negotiate about his charges, while a seventh man had only recently been arrested. Ms Boord said Lowe's wife Andrea, the former personal assistant of Police Minister Jennifer Rankine, was fighting her committal in the Adelaide Magistrates Court. Judge David Smith remanded Nicholas Lowe in custody, and the other men on continuing bail, until September.