Case studies

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) have worked together to bring charges against the owner of a Perth occupational therapy business for allegedly submitted fraudulent treatment claims to the DVA totalling more than $7 million.

The AFP has charged a Sydney man for smuggling an encrypted communications device into a correctional facility.

A Sydney man has been charged with allegedly dealing with $3.5 million in proceeds of crime after a corporate email was fraudulently used to deceive an unidentified Northern Territory Government Agency.

An identity thief and serial fraudster has been sentenced to 18 months for tax theft, identity theft, counterfeiting, and defrauding social security payments.

A NSW-based cleaner for the NDIS has been convicted of filing $1 million of fraudulent claims for services never provided.

A Queensland Tiktok mom has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for receiving and laundering fraudulent GST refunds claimed by her then abusive boyfriend.

Two leaders of a criminal syndicate were stripped of over $8.7 million in assets following a decade-long AFP-led investigation into a complex gold bullion GST fraud scheme.

An Australian Government Employee has been charged with spending public money on personal travel, and exploiting her position to corruptly offer a foreign national an Australian entry visa.

An employee of the Australian Border Force has been charged alongside underworld figures for facilitating cocaine smuggling.

Fotis Frank Antonios is facing 21 charges, including multiple charges of inciting people to make fraudulent claims of historical child sexual assault and dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage.