Overview
- Victoria Police and the AFP arrested Setka at his Footscray home about 6.40am following a Taskforce Hawk investigation.
- He was charged with seven counts of using a device to menace, harass and offend, an offence carrying a maximum three‑year jail term if convicted.
- Police allege the emails were sent after a notice to produce on October 27 and a follow‑up letter on October 28.
- Detectives seized a mobile phone and an iPad, and Setka was bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on January 30.
- The criminal case progresses alongside Fair Work Ombudsman allegations that he sought to coerce the AFL regarding umpiring chief Stephen McBurney.