Community detention for 16 attempts at COVID19 Wage Subsidy fraud

Brodie Fox made a total of 16 applications over two years between April 2020 and April 2022.  He misrepresented himself as a sole trader, and impersonating five individuals in further applications.

All applications provided one of four bank accounts controlled by Fox.

Two successful applications resulted in him receiving over $14,000. Both were dishonest as he applied for the former mispresenting himself as a sole trader, and in the latter impersonating an individual as a sole trader.

The 14 unsuccessful applications were made in his own name, and the names of family members, friends, and acquaintances, totalling almost $70,000.

Reparation of $14,059.20 was granted as part of sentencing.

A total of 56 people have been sentenced in wage subsidy cases, and another 48 people are still before the courts as part of MSD’s programme of work on wage subsidy fraud and integrity. Since the scheme started, more than $830 million* in wage subsidies has been repaid.

For more information about the Wage Subsidy Integrity and Fraud Programme please see here. 

 *Figures at 7 November 2025