Gangs target $13m in coronavirus, bushfire payments

Data from Services Australia reveals the attempts to fraudulently claim the cash. It includes one man who in March had allegedly created 58 false and stolen identities to claim $35,000 in disaster payments meant for bushfire victims. The same man allegedly also made three fake JobSeeker claims related to coronavirus payments. The matter is still before the courts. There were 450 fraud claims related to Services Australia referred to police in 2019-20 and another 196 from July to November, with $13…



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