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An Auckland man has been sentenced in the North Shore District Court to five and a half months' imprisonment after dishonestly obtaining more than $16,000 through the COVID‑19 Wage Subsidy Scheme by making false claims across multiple businesses.

A Christchurch man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for using multiple identities to fraudulently obtain COVID 19 wage subsidies and supplier payments through MSD.

MSD has released its review that sought to understand why some payments, including Winter Energy Payments, main benefits and supplementary assistance, were suspended when they shouldn’t have been in the course of new Confirming Your Circumstances checks.

A Wellington woman has been sentenced to 10 months home detention in the Hutt Valley District Court after dishonestly obtaining $25,001.20 through the COVID‑19 Wage Subsidy Scheme for a business that was not trading.

A man was sentenced on 31 July in the Hutt Valley District Court to four months community detention and 200 hours community work after pleading guilty to eight charges of Dishonest use of a document.