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Former A-League club owner Don Matheson becomes centre of international police investigation

Don Matheson was the face of the North Queensland Fury, before the football team went bust. (Getty: Ian Hitchcock)

An Australian entrepreneur has become the focus of an international criminal investigation into whether he bribed Papua New Guinea ports officials to help a multinational company win lucrative contracts.

Don Matheson, a one-time Australian A-League soccer club owner who became a government consultant in PNG, was embroiled in a payments scandal after revelations by the ABC and the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). 

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