General
Criminal investigations into JobKeeper rorts ramp up as scheme winds down
The Australian Taxation Office has 19 active criminal investigations into fraud against the $101 billion JobKeeper scheme.
Key points:
- More than $120 million in JobKeeper payments have been clawed back from ineligible claimants
- The Australian Tax Office fraud hotline has received 10,000 tip-offs alleging JobKeeper rorts
- The Australian National Audit Office is considering an audit into the $101 billion scheme
It has also issued fines to another 19 applicants to the wage subsidy program who have made false or misleading statements, and is considering penalties for another 24.
Since JobKeeper was launched in March, the ATO has clawed back $120 million in payments to applicants who made it into the system but were later found to be ineligible.
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