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Community Job Coaching was announced as part of Budget 2025 to help more young jobseekers prepare for and move into employment.
An Auckland man was sentenced to six months community detention and nine months supervision in the Waitakere District Court after making fraudulent Wage Subsidy Scheme applications.
A Christchurch man has been sentenced to 8 months home detention in the TaupÅ District Court after fraudulently obtaining more than $41,000 through the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.
Imprisonment and home detention for major Wage Subsidy fraud
An Auckland man has been sentenced to home detention after making a number of fraudulent applications under the Wage Subsidy Scheme.
An Auckland man who attempted to fraudulently claim more than $2 million through various Covid-19 government support schemes has today been sentenced in the Auckland District Court following a prosecution by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
A man who defrauded the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy scheme of more than $125,000 has been sentenced to 2 years and 8 months imprisonment.