Case studies

A Victorian woman has been sentenced to three years and six months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 20 months, for defrauding the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) of $452,000 and attempting to swindle a further $245,000 across a 15-month period.

The former director of a NSW regional gallery has been convicted of defrauding the institution of tens of thousands of dollars in ticket sales from a touring exhibition of the 2023 Archibald Prize.

Three people based in Sydney have been sentenced to multiple years imprisonment for their roles in defrauding $5.8 million from both the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

A Queensland man has plead guilty to 5 offences of defrauding the Commonwealth of $94,777.82 by fraudulently claiming disaster recovery payments.

A South Australian man has been sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison, with a non-parole period of 3 years and 8 months, after he obtained over $1 million in fraudulent GST refunds.

The Clean Energy Regulator says nine charges have been laid against a Western Australian man, for providing false or misleading information to access renewable energy certificates through the federal rooftop solar rebate.

A Melbourne man has been sentenced in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to impersonating a Commonwealth officer and performing fake ceremonies solemnising five invalid marriages.

A convicted fraudster has been sentenced to jail time for using privileged access to records held by the Australian National Maritime Museum to swindle $66,000.

A Hong Kong worker was reportedly duped into paying HK$200m of her firm’s money to fraudsters, as a result of a deepfake video conference call.

In the aftermath of investigations into Operation Protego, 150 staff at the Australian Taxation Office were investigated for possible involvement in a GST scam that impacted revenue collection.