Case studies

Strike Force Sainsbery investigators with assistance from the Service NSW Fraud Response Unit have laid charges against 87 people for allegedly making fraudulent grant applications against NSW Government financial relief schemes related to the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters.

A woman who exploited a program designed to help people affected by the mouse plague in NSW was sentenced in the Wagga Wagga local court.

Siblings Lauren and Adam Cranston have been found guilty of their role in a $105 million tax-fraud.

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.

A 34-year-old Sydney man has avoided jail time for his involvement in a criminal enterprise that involved impersonating the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

A Melbourne woman, 24, was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months’ imprisonment with a non-parole period of 4 years for her role in a major international criminal syndicate. It’s estimated the syndicate stole in excess of $3.3million from victims’ superannuation and share trading accounts through fraud and identity theft.

A Brisbane pharmacist charged with defrauding the Commonwealth’s Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme has been ordered to pay $1.9million to the Commonwealth pursuant to section 116(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth). The debt will be paid from the sale of restrained assets, including property, shares and cryptocurrency.

A joint investigation by the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity and the Department of Home Affairs found 2 former officers had engaged in corrupt conduct between 2011 and 2017.