A Darwin contractor who defrauded an Indigenous employment program of more than $200,000 pleads guilty.
A Darwin contractor who defrauded an NT Government Indigenous employment program of more than $200,000 through inflated invoices and fabricated timesheets has pleaded guilty in the Northern Territory Supreme Court.Timothy Schwab of Timber and Steel Constructions is the first person convicted of defrauding the Indigenous Employment Provisional Sum
He becomes the first person convicted of rorting the Indigenous Employment Provisional Sum scheme that was established by the previous Country Liberal Party government to incentivise local construction companies to hire Indigenous workers, but was shut down in August 2017 amid widespread fraud allegations.
Mr Schwab admitted to inflating wages and hours and fabricating timesheets filed with the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics to claim money from the program.
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