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Man charged over Qld back-to-work fraud
A man will face court after allegedly ripping-off Queensland’s back-to-work grant program for $120,000 and trying for another million dollars more.
November 5, 2020
A Queensland man has allegedly tried to rip-off the state government’s back-to-work grant program for more than a million dollars.
The 45-year-old submitted and attempted to submit numerous fraudulent applications worth more than $1.2 million over a two-year period, police said on Thursday.
But he was allegedly only able to fraudulently gain $120,000.
Detectives raided the man’s Brisbane home on Wednesday.
Officers seized a large amount of cash, electronic items, such as mobile phones and laptop computers, portable hard drives, a large number of financial documents in various company names and bank cards.
The man was charged with fraud, attempted fraud, money laundering, possessing tainted property, possessing a dangerous drug and dealing with identification information.
He is scheduled to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on November 30.