A woman has been charged over an alleged fraud relating to a disaster relief scheme in Orange.
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In October 2021, officers attached to Chifley Western Region Enforcement Squad started an investigation into reports of alleged fraudulent claims for the NSW government disaster recovery payment scheme.
During the investigation, officers identified that during October 2021 a woman allegedly lodged a number of fraudulent payment applications to the value of $68,000.
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Following inquiries, officers arrested a 23-year-old woman at a home in Orange at 12.20pm Thursday.
She was taken to Orange Police Station and charged with five counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and making a false document to obtain financial advantage.
The woman was refused bail to appear at Orange Local Court on Friday.
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