An Auckland man's been jailed for two years -- after creating a fake company to claim more than 120-thousand dollars in Covid wage subsidies
An Auckland man's been jailed for two years -- after creating a fake company to claim more than 120-thousand dollars in Covid wage subsidies
3 October 2023
Watson Filimoehala pleaded guilty to four charges over six fraudulent applications made in April 2020.
Meanwhile, a Tauranga woman convicted of wage subsidy fraud must serve seven months home detention.
Emma Martinson filed 12 payment applications, receiving more than 14-thousand dollars she wasn't entitled to.
She also used other people's names without permission.
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