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.
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.
An Auckland woman has been sentenced community detention for receiving almost $85,000 in wage subsidy payments she was not entitled to.
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.
Two people have been sentenced for wage subsidy fraud that involved listing fake employees on the application forms.
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.
A man received home detention for a wage subsidy fraud that involved using a deceased person’s name to apply.
A Lower Hutt man has been sentenced for what a Judge has described as premeditated, calculated, and prolonged abuse of the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.
A Gisborne woman has been sentenced to home detention for fraudulently obtaining more than $63,000 in wage subsidy funds.
