Wife of ex-NRL player David Fifita jailed over Centrelink fraud

Results for: Centrelink Fraud

1: Wife of ex-NRL player David Fifita jailed over Centrelink fraud | November 20, 2017

The wife of former NRL player David Fifita has been sentenced to eight months in jail for rorting Centrelink of almost $50,000 in single-parent Centrelink payments…

Catchwords: Centrelink Fraud

2: 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…

3: 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…

Catchwords: Single Parents Pension, Social Security Fraud

4: 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…

Catchwords: Airport Watch list, Baby Bonus, Family Tax Benefit, Family Tax Benefit Part A, Family Tax Benefit Part B, Parenting Support Payments, Social Security Fraud

5: 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…

Catchwords: Social Security Fraud

6: Single mum caught in $17,000 Centrelink rort | July 11, 2013

A SINGLE mother will have to repay more than $15,000 in Centrelink overpayments she claimed while working for an insurance company…

Catchwords: Centrelink Fraud, Single Parents Pension

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…

Catchwords: Centrelink Fraud, Newstart, Social Security Fraud

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…

Catchwords: Social Security Fraud, Welfare Fraud

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…

Catchwords: Child Support, Social Security Fraud