Wage subsidy cases in the courts

A Papakura woman has been sentenced to six months community detention and six months intensive supervision in the North Shore District Court after dishonestly obtaining $28,118.40 through the COVID‑19 Wage Subsidy Scheme and unsuccessfully attempting to claim a further $199,370.80. She appeared before District Court Judge Paul Murray on 9 March 2026.

An Auckland man was sentenced to four months home detention in the Auckland District Court after dishonestly obtaining $18,259.20 in COVID‑19 Wage Subsidy payments for a business that the Crown said was not operating at the time. 

South Otago Transport Operator Sentenced for $33,800 Wage Subsidy Fraud

An Auckland man has been sentenced to 6 months home detention in the Auckland District Court after dishonestly obtaining $22,488.80 through three COVID‑19 Wage Subsidy Scheme applications.

An Auckland woman has been sentenced to two months community detention in the North Shore District Court after fraudulently obtaining more than $26,000 through the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.

A Wellington woman has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment after fraudulently obtaining $28,118 through the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.

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 Taupō 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.

An Auckland man has been sentenced to 5 months and 3 weeks home detention in the Hamilton District Court after making fraudulent Wage Subsidy Scheme applications in the names of two companies under his control, and his own name as a sole trader.

A man who used the names of 11 different people to make 39 fraudulent COVID-19 Wage Subsidy applications has been sentenced to 3 years and 3 months imprisonment.

A Christchurch man has been sentenced to 2 years and 7 months imprisonment in the Christchurch District Court after making fraudulent Covid-19 Wage Subsidy applications using his own name and several stolen identities. He was also sentenced on other dishonesty charges. 

A man who made 34 fraudulent COVID-19 Wage Subsidy applications has been sentenced to one year home detention.

A 39 year old Auckland man has been sentenced to 6 months community detention, 12 months supervision, and 100 hours community work in the Manukau District Court after fraudulently making Wage Subsidy Scheme applications using his own de-registered company and the details of other registered businesses, without their consent.

An Auckland man was jailed today for more than $1.7m in fraud related to COVID-19 relief schemes.

An Auckland man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in the Auckland District Court after dishonestly receiving more than $35,000 in COVID-19 wage subsidy payments by using a number of pseudonyms, fake addresses and a non- trading company.

A woman who received almost $60,000 in the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme changed banks and made another five applications while under investigation.

A business administrator has been sentenced to nine months home detention for defrauding the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy scheme.

A woman who made nine fraudulent claims under the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy scheme and received over $13,000 has been sentenced to home detention.

A man who used two business names to make 18 fraudulent COVID-19 Wage Subsidy scheme applications has been sentenced to eight months home detention.

A man who used fraudulent details in COVID Wage Subsidy applications has been sentenced to home detention.