Alleged fraudsters target Medicare with more than a million in shonky claims

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• A 41-year-old man has been arrested and charged over alleged links to a $1.5 million scheme to defraud Medicare. Investigators allege he impersonated Services Australia staff to obtain information from medical practitioners, which was then used to submit fraudulent Medicare claims.
• The man was found in Emu Plains, New South Wales. He faces four counts of influencing a Commonwealth public official, four counts of impersonating one, and three counts of failing to appear in accordance with bail.
• Australian Federal Police Detective Superintendent Tim Underhill said the joint taskforce targets those who attempt to defraud government programs.