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Former Services Australia employee uses position to create fictional identity and claim Jobseeker payments
A former Services Australia employee used their position to create a fictional identity and claim Jobseeker payments over March and April 2021 totalling $3,828. The staff member created a JobSeeker claim for the fake identity, entering notes into the system to give it a feeling of authenticity, and directed the payments for the identity to his son’s bank account.
The staff member also asked a colleague at Services Australia to generate one JobSeeker payment for the identity on his behalf.
Not only did the staff member lose their job, they narrowly missed a jail sentence, with the prosecutor commenting that the staff member’s actions were “serious misconduct” and a breach of trust to Services Australia”.
Senior public servant involved in Australia’s largest public sector fraud
A former Western Australian senior public official used an elaborate fake invoicing scheme in what has been described as Australia's largest public sector fraud.
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