A man has been charged after he allegedly posed as a health department official to gain entry into a Melbourne woman's home, where he threatened her if she didn't perform sexual acts.
Police had been searching for Abdulfatah Awow after he allegedly entered the Burwood home of a quarantining woman while posing as an authorised officer last month.
It is alleged he threatened to send the woman into hotel quarantine unless she performed sexual acts.
The 25-year-old Carlton man handed himself in at a police station on Thursday afternoon.
He was subsequently charged with 11 offences, including attempting to procure sexual penetration by threat, attempting to procure sexual act by fraud, stalking, impersonating an authorised officer, possessing identification information and committing an indictable offence while on bail.
He was remanded in custody to appear in Ringwood Magistrates Court on August 19.
Victoria's COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar said authorised officers will always be in uniform, have appropriate identification and never seek entry into a person's home.
"Please, if you are being visited as part of the home visit program, by one of the authorised offers, ask for ID, check their uniform and if they ask to get into your home, shut the door," he told reporters on Wednesday.
