A Visy Board bookkeeper has been accused by the company of stealing more than $3.3 million.
An order freezing the assets of Melbourne woman Loretta Delianov was extended in the Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday.
In an affidavit tabled in court and dated last Friday, Visy's head of risk management and assurance services David Latta said his investigations had found that $3,310,898 had been stolen by the defendant from Visy.
He alleged Ms Delianov had used the first names Loretta, Lore and Lourie and the surnames Delianov, Vasiliou, Vasilov, Velov and Delian.
Mr Latta said Ms Delianov, a Visy employee since 2003, had agreed to meet him last Thursday, but had cancelled on that morning.
He said Ms Delianov had told him she was arranging for her cousin's business to repay $390,000 and she thought she would receive a bank cheque that day or the next, which she was to deposit into a Visy Board bank account last Friday.
Mr Latta said that at the time he swore in the affidavit the money had not been put into the account.
In another affidavit, lawyer Michael Kenny said Ms Delianov's husband Phillip had admitted he was the director of a company called Philet Pty Ltd which had recently purchased a property in the city for $3 million.
Mr Delianov had said his wife had paid for the property but he didn't know where she got the money.
The court's order states Ms Delianov must not touch any of her assets.
The order includes a city property at 470-472 Little Lonsdale St, properties in Mill Park and Reservoir and money held in bank accounts.
Ms Delianov's lawyers applied on Tuesday for the case to be heard in closed court, arguing it could affect her right to a fair trial.
But Justice Jack Forrest rejected the application, saying the police were yet to become involved and there was not a risk to her facing a fair trial.
Ms Delianov is yet to file documents responding to the allegations.
Justice Forrest extended orders freezing Ms Delianov's assets until Friday.
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