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.
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.
A man who made 24 fraudulent COVID-19 Wage Subsidy claims and received almost $36,000 has been jailed for 21 months.
A woman who set up and used two companies, classified as canned pet food and business hair product industries, to defraud the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy scheme has been sentenced to home detention.
A man who received more than $28,000 of COVID-19 Wage Subsidy payments he was not entitled to has been sentenced to 10 months home detention.
Updated 25 January 2025 - Lower Hutt man Hayden James who made more than a dozen dishonest wage subsidy claims, has been sentenced to four months community detention and 12 months’ supervision.
A woman made large cash withdrawals from her bank account immediately after receiving two fraudulent COVID-19 Wage Subsidy payouts.
A man who dishonestly submitted applications for more than $150,000 in Wage Subsidy payments has been sentenced to community detention and community work.
A man who dishonestly obtained almost $26,000 in COVID19 Wage Subsidy money has been sentenced to community detention.
A man who wrongly received and spent $7029.60 from the COVID19 Wage Subsidy Scheme has been sentenced to community work and intensive supervision.
A man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after using 10 different identities, one for a person who was deceased, to apply for $65,609.60 in COVID-19 Wage Subsidy payments.
A couple who dishonestly obtained $87,986.80 in COVID-19 Wage Subsidy payments have been sentenced in Christchurch District Court to eight months’ home detention.
A man has been sentenced to eight months home detention for a $21,000 Wage Subsidy fraud he used to fund his online gambling.
