A man has been arrested for allegedly submitting more than 500 fake pandemic payment claims worth about $60,000.
Victoria Police have discovered loads of counterfeit equipment at a home in Melbourne’s west during a fraud investigation into COVID-19 temporary isolation payments made during the pandemic.
A card printer, an embossing machine, driver’s licenses, fake Medicare and other ID cards, cell phone jammers, tablets and computers have been seized by detectives from a home in Braybrook, police said Friday.
Police have arrested a man in Melbourne’s west over a COVID-19 payment scam reportedly worth $60,000
A 41-year-old Braybrook man has been arrested and is expected to be charged on charges of deception and fraudulent documents.
“It will be alleged that between 2020 and 2021, more than 500 fraudulent COVID-19 grant applications were successfully submitted under various false names worth nearly $60,000,” police said in a statement.
The investigation is ongoing.