Wage subsidy cases in the courts
MSD is committed to pursuing criminal and civil prosecutions to recover wage subsidy funds where necessary.We have a pipeline of wage subsidy cases that are currently before the courts. Here are the cases we have taken through the courts to sentencing in recent months.
A Christchurch man who applied for almost $40,000 in Covid-19 Wage Scheme subsidies using four different identities has been sentenced to six months community detention and reparations.
A man has been jailed after defrauding the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme of $109,644.
An Auckland accountant made 12 fraudulent applications on behalf of several companies in an attempt to defraud the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme of more than $68,000.
A man who used a doctored driver licence and 24 different identities to defraud the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy and Leave Support schemes has been jailed for more than two years.
A man has been given home detention for fraudulently claiming more than $112,000 in COVID-19 wage subsidies.
A man who tried to fraudulently claim more than $212,000 in wage subsidy payments has been sentenced to 10 months’ home detention.
A man has been sent to jail for more than two years after he created a company to defraud taxpayers of more than $120,000 through the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.
A Katikati woman has been sentenced to seven months' home detention after admitting five charges of dishonest use of a document in connection with the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.
A woman has been sentenced to three months’ community detention for fraudulently claiming about $7000 in COVID-19 wage subsidies.
A Hawera man has been sentenced to home detention for fraudulently claiming more than $50,000 in wage subsidy funds.
Two people have been sentenced for wage subsidy fraud that involved listing fake employees on the application forms.
A man has been sentenced to 20.5 months in prison for defrauding taxpayers to the tune of almost $200,000 in COVID-19 wage subsidies.
An Auckland woman has been sentenced community detention for receiving almost $85,000 in wage subsidy payments she was not entitled to.
A man who submitted 39 fraudulent applications for more than $118,000 in COVID-19 financial support has been sentenced to five months’ community detention.
