A Perth sales representative has been permanently disqualified from working in real estate after admitting to manipulating more than a quarter of a million dollars in trust accounts over a three-year period.

Annette Josephine Cobb admitted to the State Administrative Tribunal that during her tenure with Joondana real estate agency Darrell Crouch & Associates, she prepared 42 unlawful batch payments totalling more than $270,000 between January 2021 and February 2024.

A batch payment refers to the aggregation of multiple individual payments — such as those to property owners and service suppliers — into a single transaction processed collectively.

Ms Cobb had also falsely claimed homes were tenanted and that rent was being paid when the properties remained vacant.

She additionally cl

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