A man who allegedly sent a flood of millions of scam text messages has also been accused of using passport and driver's licence details to commit fraud.
Xuan Su is allegedly responsible for sending 17.5 million text messages over one week in December 2023 through an SMS phishing scam run from his home in southwest Sydney.
These scams typically involve using devices called SMS boxes to send out bulk messages directing people to websites using fraudulent links.
The 39-year-old was supported by family when he appeared at Liverpool Local Court on Wednesday, when he was also accused of using driver's licences, passports and other personal documents to commit fraud.
This conduct occurred between September 2022 and December 2023 in Hurstville, according to documents filed with the court.
Su wore a face mask and used a toddler as a shield to hide his face as he moved through reporters outside court after the brief hearing.
He was arrested in December when cybercrime officers executed a search warrant at a Moorebank home.
Police seized two SIM boxes, a number of SIM cards and electronics allegedly consistent with running a fraudulent text message scam.
Su has not yet made a plea to one charge of using equipment connected to a network to commit a serious offence and another charge of using identity information to commit an indictable offence.
On Wednesday, his lawyer David Downey asked for an adjournment in court and declined to provide further information to reporters afterwards.
The case has been stood over to April in Campbelltown after registrar Gillian Dodimead heard the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions needed time to serve their brief of evidence.
