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 dishonestly obtained almost $26,000 in COVID19 Wage Subsidy money has been sentenced to community detention.
A man who wrongly received and spent $7029.60 from the COVID19 Wage Subsidy Scheme has been sentenced to community work and intensive supervision.
A man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after using 10 different identities, one for a person who was deceased, to apply for $65,609.60 in COVID-19 Wage Subsidy payments.
A couple who dishonestly obtained $87,986.80 in COVID-19 Wage Subsidy payments have been sentenced in Christchurch District Court to eight months’ home detention.
A man has been sentenced to eight months home detention for a $21,000 Wage Subsidy fraud he used to fund his online gambling.
A man who made 50 applications for COVID-19 Wage Subsidy payments has been sentenced to seven months’ home detention.
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.
