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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.

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29 September 2023

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. 

27 September 2023

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.

29 August 2023

A woman has been sentenced to three months’ community detention for fraudulently claiming about $7000 in COVID-19 wage subsidies.

8 August 2023

A Hawera man has been sentenced to home detention for fraudulently claiming more than $50,000 in wage subsidy funds.

1 August 2023

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.

1 August 2023

Two people have been sentenced for wage subsidy fraud that involved listing fake employees on the application forms.

1 August 2023

An Auckland woman has been sentenced community detention for receiving almost $85,000 in wage subsidy payments she was not entitled to.

10 May 2023

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.

10 May 2023

A man received home detention for a wage subsidy fraud that involved using a deceased person’s name to apply.

5 April 2023

A Gisborne woman has been sentenced to home detention for fraudulently obtaining more than $63,000 in wage subsidy funds.

15 February 2023

An Auckland man who fraudulently obtained wage subsidy funds that he spent on fast food and gambling has been sentenced to 10 months’ home detention.

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