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Dead people, prisoners signed up for JobKeeper payments – NEWS.com.au
Dead people, prisoners signed up for JobKeeper payments
Dead people, criminals behind bars and people living overseas were signed up to receive the lucrative $1500 JobKeeper payment by employers looking to rort the wage subsidy.The Australian Taxation Office had investigated the cases of almost 6000 people by the end of September, documents obtained under freedom of information reveal.
Of those cases, almost a third were found to be ineligible for the $1500 fortnightly wage subsidy.
According to the documents, the ATO flagged JobKeeper recipients as…
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