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JobKeeper payments for prisoners, the dead and other fraud cases probed by ATO
Dodgy employers have signed up jailed criminals, people living outside Australia and even the dead to receive $1,500-a-fortnight JobKeeper payments.
Key points:
- Employers claiming JobKeeper on behalf of fictitious employees are being pursued by an ATO investigation
- “Client is in jail” is a category under scrutiny where people may have taken advantage of the $130 billion scheme
- FOI documents show the ATO was investigating 5,974 cases of “inflated employees” as at September
These fictitious employees are among thousands of people being pursued by an Australian Taxation Office (ATO) investigation into rorts of the $130 billion wage subsidy program.
“Client is in jail” is one of the categories being scrutinised as a red flag in around 6,000…
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