BY ISABEL EVERETT
A Lake Macquarie woman will face court next month after being charged with defrauding a bushfire support scheme.
Police attended a home in Killingworth about 8.30am on Wednesday where they arrested a 28-year-old woman.
Police allege she fraudulently obtained a $10,000 grant
through a bushfire small business support scheme.
She was taken to Belmont Police Station and charged with one count of dishonestly obtain financial benefit by deception, and granted conditional bail to appear at Toronto Local Court on December 1.
Strike Force Roche was established by several police districts within the
Northern Region to investigate alleged fraudulent claims for bushfire disaster
relief and small business grants through government agencies.
To date, Lake Macquarie detectives have charged five people under Strike
Force Roche, including a 37-year-old man from Belmont South, who allegedly defrauded a support program of $110,000 to buy milling machinery.
