ACC Fraud: 1044 Clients Bombard App, Making $1.5m in Fake Travel Claims

ACC fraud: 1044 clients bombard app, making $1.5m in fake travel claims

After bombarding ACC with more than 10,000 applications for travel reimbursements, 1044 “clients” tried to steal $1.5 million in a “semi-organised” yet...

Four sentenced over $1.5m MyACC Travel reimbursement fraud - Daily Telegraph NZ

Image – acc.co.nz. A large-scale fraud involving the MyACC app saw 1,044 people file over 10,000 fake travel reimbursement claims in November 2023, attempting to steal $1.5 million. ACC stopped $919,717 before payment, but $652,857 had already been paid out before the scheme was detected. Four key offenders — Jacqueline Whaanga, Ashleigh Mei Te Hira, Melody Haupokia-Kawerau, and Mohammed Zahed Hussain — appeared in Hamilton District Court for se…