Prosecutors have quietly laid criminal charges against a former Australian of the Year finalist, seven years after the corruption watchdog delivered a scathing report.

Eman Sharobeem, formerly of both the Immigrant Women's Health Service (IWHS) and the Non-English Speaking Housing Women's Scheme (NESH), was accused by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption in 2018 of rorting almost $800,000 from the charities.

Seven years later, the NSW director of public prosecutions hit Sharobeem with a range of charges, including 24 counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception.

Laid on September 15, the charges also include four counts of obtaining money by deception, three counts of publishing false or misleading material to obtain advantage and two counts of making a

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