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 man who made 50 applications for COVID-19 Wage Subsidy payments has been sentenced to seven months’ home detention.
A man has been jailed after defrauding the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme of $109,644.
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.
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.
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.
