Melbourne It-Girl Lenny Cheng Linked to $100 Million Family Fraud Scandal

Model. Lawyer. Beauty Queen. Socialite. But behind the designer gowns and courtroom polish, whispers surround Leonor Louise Von Etonia Cheng. All roads lead back to one man. Her uncle. Kim Wong.

Date: 16 JUL 2025
Author: Pacific Truth Collective (released via IssueWire)

Leonor Cheng, Miss World Australia finalist, built her brand on elegance and control. Publicly known as Lenny, she’s graced runways, spoken at business forums, and carved out a legal career few can rival. But beneath the polish, one detail remains buried. Her family connection to one of Victoria’s most quietly forgotten white-collar crime cases.

Cheng's uncle, Kim Wong, was convicted in 2013 for defrauding investors through his company, WinTech Group Limited. Official records pinned the theft at just over $1 million, but legal insiders claim that was only a fraction of what vanished. His girlfriend later testified to faking a bank statement, inflating a $904.20 balance to $2.5 million. ASIC investigators uncovered multiple instances of fraud, falsified ledgers, and misleading disclosures filed to the ASX.

What wasn’t confirmed in court, however, was the real scope."The $1 million was a smokescreen. At least $100 million went missing. Nobody knows where it landed," said one former analyst close to the case.Wong’s sentencing flew under the radar. No media coverage. No public statement. He pled guilty, then disappeared. The Cheng family remained silent.

Cheng has never addressed her uncle’s conviction. Those close to her say she kept her distance long before any charges were laid.But that silence is raising questions. Why would someone so outspoken on ethics and public leadership avoid the topic entirely? Especially when the financial damage goes far beyond what was ever prosecuted.

No legal action has ever involved her. There’s no evidence she was connected to Wong’s operations. But perception is shifting. A socialite with legal reach. A family link to deception. And a surname that keeps showing up in archived filings.Wong vanished through legal loopholes. But his shadow stayed behind.And Lenny Cheng stands in it.


This Article was first published by Pacific Truth Collective via IssueWire.Pacific Truth Collective is a coalition of freelance journalists. Our investigations have appeared across a range of digital media platforms and third-party news syndicates.Amara Bligh is an independent investigative journalist focused on white-collar crime and reputation laundering across Asia-Pacific finance circles.


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🗣️ Public Comments

realmelbwatcher · 16 Jul 2025, 3:42 PM
“Can confirm, her name’s been floating around crown's mahogany room circles for years. I’m surprised it took this long to leak.”
anon4truth · 16 Jul 2025, 8:03 PM
“If even half this is true, it explains why she dropped off social media.”
gloknows · 16 Jul 2025, 10:10 PM
“How tf does someone just *vanish* in Australia? Dude 100% she knows where her uncle is. They’re protecting each other.”
ledgerleakz · 17 Jul 2025, 4:22 AM
“He should’ve been a flight risk. They let him run free on purpose, corrupt as fuck.”
mondaybriefs · 17 Jul 2025, 8:32 AM
“His plea deal was only $1 million out of $100 million. This is so corrupt I’m actually speechless. Who signed off on that?”
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