Sydney Family's $2 Million Welfare Rort

[icyfroth]

Thirty-eight members of a western Sydney family have been caught rorting $2 million of welfare payments from the government.

One person claimed benefits while depositing $750,000 over three years and another paid off a $300,000 mortgage in just over two years while claiming income support.

 A third person received rent assistance for a property they already owned, said the Department of Human Services on Thursday.

 A spokesman for the department says the family fraud was discovered from a tip-off that a man had failed to declare his income.

Nineteen family members have had their welfare payments cancelled after a wide-ranging investigation and another 19 have had their payments reduced.

Five members of the family have been referred to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and debts have been raised against the fraudsters.

She admitted there was one family member who had failed to report almost $1 million over 11 years, and her department is working closely with the Australian Tax Office and Australian Federal Police.

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"The debts we currently have in relation to social welfare fraud investigations are $39 million," she said.

 She warned people who are rorting the system that "we will find you".

Oh really? It took a tip-off for them to find this lot!

What about the other $37mil?

Australia the bountiful, Centrelink the inept.

[***super_nova***]

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

I knew a couple who were rorting Centrelink. They were registered as a married couple under one name, another couple under another name , and each of them were registered as single under two other names. They owned property in Queensland, and property in NSW - rented out. They themselves lived in Housing Commission homes with very cheap rent. And, Yes we reported them - several times over the years. They were even interviewed by Centrelink. As far as I know they were never caught, and they may be still doing it.

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How do you know all that?  Did they tell you?

[k0llectable5]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

I knew a couple who were rorting Centrelink. They were registered as a married couple under one name, another couple under another name , and each of them were registered as single under two other names. They owned property in Queensland, and property in NSW - rented out. They themselves lived in Housing Commission homes with very cheap rent. And, Yes we reported them - several times over the years. They were even interviewed by Centrelink. As far as I know they were never caught, and they may be still doing it.

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How do you know all that?  Did they tell you?

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I'm wondering that too.  Because it's not like people can just ring or go into centrelink and ask for money and they'll just give it to you no questions asked.  You have to have at least 100 points of ID, income statements, proof of address and how much rent you are paying etc.  I actually find it very hard to believe that they could've been claiming under so many different names, that's a heap of fake documentation that would need to be forged for them to recieve payments under three different aliases... 

[wilk1149]

Why would anyone want to help some poor soul that has lost their job and will have ti lose their house because they can no.longer afford the mortgage. It makes much more sense to give the money to investors that already own one property and desperately need more

[ufo_investigations]

How disgusting this is theft on a grand scale they should be put in jail for 20 years and forced to pay it back plus interest!

[icyfroth]

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@wilk1149 wrote:
Why would anyone want to help some poor soul that has lost their job and will have ti lose their house because they can no.longer afford the mortgage. It makes much more sense to give the money to investors that already own one property and desperately need more

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Who lost their job?

[myoclon1cjerk]

Multinationals making millions in profit and paying very little or no tax.That's theft on a grand scale.That goes for you too,Rupert.

[icyfroth]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
Multinationals making millions in profit and paying very little or no tax.That's theft on a grand scale.That goes for you too,Rupert.

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Do try to stay with the program

[myoclon1cjerk]

Wasn't this about rorting the system?

[icyfroth]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
Wasn't this about rorting the system?

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If you want to start a new thread about foreign investors rorting our tax system, feel free. I have no doubt you'll find pleny of material.

This thread is about Centrelink fraud.

[village_person]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
Wasn't this about rorting the system?

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If you want to start a new thread about foreign investors rorting our tax system, feel free. I have no doubt you'll find pleny of material.

This thread is about Centrelink fraud.

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Life is cruel. A high flyer one day and forced to claim the dole the next. How sad that Rupert is experiencing the sordid distress of penury. I am almost positive that I saw him in a soup kitchen yesterday looking tired, hungry and stressed.