Paul Pisasale is a former Ipswich mayor. He is a convicted extortionist who was sentenced to two years in jail and suspension after 12 months.
In 2016, he won the Ipswich City Council election garnering over 83.45 percent of the vote. He was the Lord Mayor of Ipswich, Queensland from 2004. He resigned as Mayor in 2017 following a raid on his office by the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission. He was subsequently charged with corruption in 2017. These charges are still pending.
He was convicted of two courts of extortion on July 24, 2019, where he was found to have impersonated a private investigator as part of a plot to unlawfully obtain $10,000 from another individual. He was sentenced to two years in jail to be suspended after 12 months and commenced his sentence at the Wolston Correctional Centre where he was admitted to a hospital from an exercise-related injury within days of his incarceration.
Paul Pisasale was awarded the title of QLD Local Hero by the National Australia Day Council in 2010.
Paul Pisasale was born on September 9, 1951, in Australia. He holds Australian nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. His parents were Sicilian. He grew up in Brisbane with his four siblings, two brother, and two sisters. He is the first one to complete University education and to receive a degree in his family.
Paul Pisasale is a married man. No information about his wife. They have a daughter named Lisa Pisasale.
Paul Pisasale was the owner of a hotel and restaurant in Ipswich. In 2019, he is the former mayor of Ipswich City Paul Pisasale net worth is under review.