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Duncan Murray

Calls for leniency over 'inept' attempts to fleece bank

The attempt to defraud a major bank by Davendar Deo and two others has been described as "inept". (Miklos Bolza/AAP PHOTOS)

A trio's bungled attempts to scam millions from a major bank have been likened to a lottery hopeful's desire to walk away with the jackpot.

But much of the group's efforts to fleece more than $20 million from NAB through various schemes were said to be ultimately unsophisticated and inept.

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