Service NSW calls in police to investigate fraudulent claims for COVID-19 business grants

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Police will use artificial intelligence to check all applications after the state government unearthed more than $20 million worth of fraud.

Police have been called in to hunt out fraudulent claims for COVID-19 business grants after thousands of people had their regular payments from Service NSW halted without notice.$20 million in fraud has already been uncoveredSmall businesses, sole traders and not-for-profit companies whose revenue fell by 30 per cent or more during the lockdown qualified for a $1,500 fortnightly payment under a micro business grant.

"We were forced to pause the 2021 COVID-19 micro-business grant payments temporarily while the anomalies in some applications were investigated," chief executive of Service NSW Damon Rees said. A joint strike force between NSW Police and Service NSW has been set up to screen all applications for suspected fraud.

 

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There's a very sick bunch of people complicit in this. US censored experts been screaming for months these are not for kids, stating 4 yr old toddlers are menstruating! Here we have a 6 yr old listed on the TGA website. I hope God has NO mercy!

Good , heard boasting of rorting a lot , Guess which familiar group are top of suspects origin ?

Can they visit Harvey Norman?

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