Finance guru admits to stealing $126,000 of his clients' money

A finance and property advisor has backflipped before court and admitted to stealing $126,000 of his clients' money.

When A Current Affair approached Abdullah Popal in February last year with questions about a missing $65,000 from one of his clients' self-managed superannuation fund, he also claimed he was a victim and the money was taken by a hacker.

Three months later, police swooped on Popal, charging him with five counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception.

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On the morning of a three-day hearing at Sydney's Parramatta Court, Popal fell on his sword and pleaded guilty to two charges and coughed up a cheque of compensation for $126,000.

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