Gunnedah fraud-accused Justin Luke Yianakis found fit to stand trial in Tamworth, court told

Gunnedah's Justin Luke Yianakis appeared in Tamworth District Court this week for an arraignment facing close to 70 fraud and dishonesty charges.

The court was told "there's been fitness raised", but the defence had made progress and Yianakis had already been assessed by a specialist.

"I can advise a fitness report has been prepared but not served on the DPP," Yianakis' solicitor told the court, via video link.

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"The accused has been assessed as fit."

The solicitor asked for an adjournment "for us and the DPP to speak", telling the court they needed to serve the report and to discuss the issues "given the amount of charges".

"It certainly needs a bit of discussion, I would agree with that," Judge Jonathan Williams replied examining the long list of charges.

Yianakis is yet to formally enter pleas to more than 70 charges after a magistrate committed the case for trial while he was in hospital in August.

"We seek Mr Yianakis appear in person [on the next occasion] to be arraigned," DPP solicitor Cat McKay asked.

Judge Williams adjourned the case to late-February, after the Christmas break where Yianakis was ordered to appear.

"Your bail's to continue," he told the accused.

Yianakis was first charged in January 2019 by Oxley detectives with almost 130 charges involving betting giants CrownBet and Ladbrokes, as well as Macquarie Telecom and the National Australia Bank.

It's been the police case that the then 40-year-old allegedly scammed betting giants and a bank out of almost $3 million in Gunnedah in 2018.

At the time, police allege Yianakis operated false companies and used several fake identities to obtain telecommunication items, money and bitcoin for several companies in NSW, Queensland and Victoria.

It was the police case that he then on-sold the goods and presented false cheques to gambling companies.

The frauds allegedly took place between 2017 and January 2019 in Gunnedah.

In August, more than 70 charges were committed for trial, with the rest withdrawn and dismissed in court.

Magistrate Julie Soars was told in August that Yianakis could be in hospital "indefinitely", and committed the case to the district court to progress the matter because "they're well outside the time frames".