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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.
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.
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.