Lawyers in court on structuring charges

Two lawyers have been ordered to face court over allegations they helped clients hide money from the federal government's specialist financial intelligence unit.

Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) is alleging the men engaged in the offence of structuring, which involves banking cash sums of $10,000 or more in smaller amounts to avoid the transaction being reported to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC).

The CCC alleges they did so to obstruct criminal confiscation proceedings.

A 45-year-old man from Potts Point in Sydney is facing two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice and four counts of structuring.

A 34-year-old man from Broadbeach Waters, on the Gold Coast, faces one of each charge.

Both men have been ordered to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 16.