A Melbourne woman accused of selling drugs from Airbnb properties while swindling designer goods using bogus IDs has appeared in court.
Tess Rowlatt, a former marketing whiz, is facing more than 100 charges relating to allegations of drug dealing in dozens of Airbnb properties and also running a high-end goods fraud scheme.
Dressed in a white shirt, the 32-year-old appeared via video link from prison in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday where her lawyers asked for an adjournment.
Before the hearing began a voice could be heard asking Ms Rowlatt if she was nervous.
“A little bit,” she replied.
Ms Rowlatt is facing a raft of charges, including trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs and obtaining property by deception.
Police allege in court documents Ms Rowlatt allegedly sold xjmtzywdrugs from more than a dozen different Airbnb properties between July and October last year.
She is also accused of using stolen IDs and credit cards to carry out several frauds, including taking out bank loans.
Ms Rowlatt also allegedly attempted to rort handbags worth $17,000 from David Jones in April last year, according to court documents.
She was arrested at a Spencer Street apartment in October last year after detectives allegedly watched her complete a drug deal.
Rowlatt claimed on her LinkedIn profile that she studied at Monash University and worked as an account manager at a marketing agency.
On Friday her lawyer Claudia Flocke asked for an adjournment to analyse telephone intercept material, which was granted.
The matter will return to court on May 30.
Ms Rowlatt did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody.
