WorkSafe Victoria | WorkSafe has charged a worker with allegedly obtaining more than half a million dollars in fraudulent workers compensation payments.
The 54-year-old Ararat woman faces a total of 20 charges, including eight charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception under section 82(1) of the Crimes Act and four charges under section 585(1) of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act for providing false or misleading information.
WorkSafe alleges that between December 2019 and December 2024, the worker received WorkCover payments into their bank and superannuation accounts totalling $527,197 after failing to declare that they were working during this period.
The worker faces an additional eight charges for providing false or misleading declarations in breach of section 585(3)(d) of the WIRC Act.
It’s alleged that between December 2022 and October 2024 the worker submitted certificates of capacity that falsely declared that she had not worked.
