A 45-year-old man has been charged with fraud related offences after an investigation into applications made to the Queensland Government’s ‘Back to Work’ grants program.
Detectives from the Criminal Assets Disruption Team, part of the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Financial and Cyber Crimes Group, arrested the man yesterday following the execution of a search warrant at a unit in Fortitude Valley.
Police located a large amount of cash, electronic items such as mobile phones, laptop computers and portable hard drives, a large quantity of financial documents in various company names and bank cards.
Detectives will allege the man submitted and attempted to submit a number of fraudulent applications to claim the Queensland Government’s “Back to Work” grants, totalling just over $1.2 million dollars over a two-year period. It will be alleged the man obtained an actual sum of over $120,000.
The 45-year-old Brisbane man was charged with one count of fraud, attempted fraud, money laundering, possess tainted property and possess dangerous drug and two counts of dealing with identification information. He is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on November 30.
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