Man fined $10,000 and ordered to repay $18,000 in Centrelink over-payments

Updated April 26 2017 - 10:07am, first published April 25 2017 - 8:23am
CENTRELINK FRAUD: A man has been ordered to repay the remaining $12,000 he owes in Newstart over-payments and has been fined an extra $5000 for two charges of making false social security claims. FILE PHOTO
CENTRELINK FRAUD: A man has been ordered to repay the remaining $12,000 he owes in Newstart over-payments and has been fined an extra $5000 for two charges of making false social security claims. FILE PHOTO

A man who falsely claimed $18,026.14 in Centrelink payments had repaid $5848.03 by the time he was sentenced in Orange Local Court on Monday.

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