A man will face Belmont Local Court, charged for allegedly fraudulently receiving $60,000 in bushfire support recovery grants.
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.
Following extensive inquiries, detectives from Lake Macquarie Police District have charged a 28-year-old man with six counts of dishonestly obtaining financial benefit by deception and two counts of attempting to dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception.
Police will allege in court the man fraudulently obtained six NSW government grants - receiving a total of $60,000 - and attempted to obtain a further two NSW government grants totalling $20,000.
The man will face Belmont Local Court on Friday.
Police said the Strike Force Roche investigations are ongoing.
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