A former employee has been charged after allegedly obtaining more than $730,000 in fraudulent payments from a Sydney-based insurance company.
In April last year, detectives attached to Sydney City Police Area Command commenced an investigation into allegations of fraudulent activity against an insurance company.
Police were told 239 fraudulent payments totalling $731,124 had been made by a male employee between March 2019 and March 2021.
Investigations determined that fraudulent tax invoices from medical practitioners had been created and authorised, while further legitimate invoices had been altered for payment.
Following extensive investigations, detectives arrested a 31-year-old man at a home at Bathurst about 11.20am on Tuesday 21 December 2021.
He was taken to Bathurst Police Station and charged with make false document to obtain financial advantage, knowingly deal with proceeds of crime and dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception.
The man – now aged 32 – was granted strict conditional bail and is due to appear at the Downing Centre Local Court today (Wednesday 16 February 2022).
