Social Security Fraud

1: Millionaire’s wife jailed for Centrelink fraud | September 2, 2015

The wife of a wealthy WA mining executive has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for receiving more than $62,000 in social security payments she was not entitled to…

2: Large Scale Welfare Fraud uncovered by Court | September 1, 2015

A WOMAN who claimed her partner was her brother has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Federal Government of more than $115,000 in single-parent welfare payments. Nhu Nguyen, 40, was charged with three counts of fraud, committed between 1999 and 2011. …..

3: Fake Couples who Marry for Visa Targetted | May 24, 2015

Non-genuine couples who have orchestrated “fake marriages” to gain Australian visas and then claim separate welfare cheques will be stripped of entitlements as part of a nationwide crackdown to be announced by the Federal Government today…

4: Fake Relationship Rorts Targeted by Centrelink | April 18, 2015

Hundreds of couples are claiming false marital and relationship status to rort millions of dollars from Centrelink…

5: Couple Were Rorting Centrelink While Living in Lebanon | July 29, 2014

A married couple have chosen to live in Lebanon, but have frequented Australia for the birth of each of their children, solely for the purpose of claiming a raft of family-based welfare payments…

6: Centrelink fraud cases dropped following High Court ruling | July 24, 2013

THE federal government has dropped cases against 18 people charged with welfare fraud following a High Court ruling over retrospective legislation…

7: Centrelink fraudster’s get out of jail card | May 11, 2013

A Berkeley man will avoid spending the next six months in jail as long as he keeps paying back the $22,000 he illegally pocketed from Centrelink…

8: Mother wins High Court challenge against Centrelink welfare fraud conviction | May 8, 2013

A HIGH Court ruling has put into doubt thousands of prosecutions against people on welfare who did not tell Centrelink their circumstances had changed…

9: Coast mum given six years’ jail for $2m Centrelink fraud | April 12, 2013

A $2 million payment error was deposited into a Sunshine Coast mum’s bank account because a child support worker typed the date into the payment field on her computer…