Wealthy Australians who went to jail - Millionaire property developer, Ron Medich, could die behind bars after being given a lengthy sentence for ordering the murder of a former colleague.

But Medich is hardly the first enormously wealthy Australian to face jail time.

Here is Medich's full story and all the other upper-class Aussie convicts who came before him.

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Ron Medich: Hotel magnate - Ron Medich owned the El Toro Hotel, Liverpool, and the Stardust Hotels in Sydney and became enormously wealthy with his brother Roy.

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$135 million - Medich, who also owned the Greenfield Tavern Hotel was worth an estimated $135 million by 2005, partially because of his relationship with businessman Michael McGurk.

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Souring relationship - But Medich's relationship with Michael McGurk soured and multiple lawsuits worth millions of dollars were waged against one another.

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2009 - Michael McGurk was shot to death in 2009 by Lucky Gattellari, who admitted to the murder in 2013.

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$500,000 - Gattellari killed McGurk in the Cremorne suburb of Sydney in exchange for $500,000, Gattellari told police.

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In front of his kid - McGurk was shot to death in the head as he exited his Mercedes in front of his young son.

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39 years - Medich was sentenced to 39 years in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

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Die in jail? - Medich is now 70-years-old and has no chance of parole for 30 years.

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Intimidation of wife - Included in Medich's sentencing was his conviction for intimidating McGurk's wife.

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Rene Rivkin: Rockstar Stockbroker - Rene Rivkin was a larger-than-life stockbroker who wielded immense business and political influence from the early 1980s until the early 2000s.

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Mysterious events - A number of mysterious events, including the suspicious death of Rivkin's chauffeur's girlfriend and the fiery destruction of his Offset Alpine company that resulted in a massive insurance payout, exposed Rivkin to the authorities.

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Australian Securities and Investments Commission - Rivkin was found guilty of insider trading in 2003 after a multi-year investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

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Qantas shares - Rivkin purchased Qantas shares after being made aware the airline would merge with Impulse Airlines. It's illegal to use information that is not publicly available to earn money trading stocks.

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Sentenced - Rivkin was sentenced to serve nine months in jail and only on the weekends.

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Long Bay Psychiatric Hospital. - He spent time at the Long Bay Psychiatric Hospital during his sentence.

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Banned for life - On top of his sentence, Rivkin was banned for life from trading stocks in Australia.

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Further investigation - Allegations of perjury arose concerning his court statements regarding his former company, Offset Alpine.

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Bipolar disorder - Rivkin suffered from bipolar disorder, a condition that had only gotten worse since childhood.

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Suicide - Not long after being released from prison, Rivkin took his own life in 2005.

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Alan Bond - Alan Bond funded the first non-American win in sailing's prestigious America's Cup, capturing the 1983 trophy for Australia.

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Australian of the Year - He was named Australian of the Year, as was Galarrwuy Yunupingu, in 1978 and made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1984.

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9 Network - Bond opened up Australia's first private university and bought 9 Network for $1 billion in 1987.

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Bankruptcy and conviction - In 1992 Bond was declared bankrupt under the weight of his $1.8 billion debt and convicted of fraud. He was released on retrial and acquitted the same year.

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Jailed for a painting - Bond was convicted and jailed for fraud in 1996 after improperly using corporate money from his family business to buy a Manet painting for $2.4 million.

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Bell Resources - Bond used $1.2 billion from his company Bell Resources to help his other company, Bond Corporation, both of which failed and caused investors to lose their capital.

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2000 - Bond, pictured here with then-Prime Minister Bob Hawke, was released from prison in 2000.

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Business as usual - Following his release, Bond invested in mining operations in Madagascar.

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Second wife and daughter - Bond's second wife ended her life after battling with depression in 2012 and his daughter had died, at the age of 41, twelve years earlier.

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2015 death - Bond died following complications from open heart surgery in 2015.

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