The former federal Labor MP allegedly used false information to obtain a grant totaling $ 25,000 from the state government COVID-19 relief payment schemes.
Former United States Secretary of State Craig Thomson has been charged with felony criminal mischief for firing on a sculpture with a shotgun, according to the Associated Press.
Thomson, 57, allegedly used false information to make applications for the Small Business COVID-19 support grant and the COVID-19 Small Business Hardship grant totaling $ 25,000.
NSW Police are said to have been charged with two counts of dishonest financial gain by deception, publishing false and misleading material to gain advantage and making false documents to obtain financial gain.
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He also allegedly submitted a fraudulent request for JobSaver payments of $ 3,000 per weekday that was not approved or paid.
Services NSW’s Fraud Response Unit and Detective of Strike Force Sainsbery was established to investigate the fraudulent applications made against the NSW Government in November 2021.
After extensive investigations, detectives traveled to Gosford Police Station, where the former Labor MP spent the night, where he was charged with an “unrelated matter”.
Thompson was arrested for allegedly violating an order for arrest violence (AVO) just hours after pleading guilty to various domestic violence-related charges with his ex-wife.
The 57-year-old has been denied bail and is due to appear in Gosford Local Court on Wednesday.
The former union official was elected as a federal member for Dobell’s central coast seat in the 2007 election before joining the Labor Party in 2012.
He was formally expelled from the NSW Labor Party in 2014.
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