Former public servant avoids jail over JobSeeker fraud, magistrate accepts man was 'driven by need, not greed'
A former Commonwealth public servant will not spend time in jail for establishing a fictional Centrelink account in order to receive JobSeeker payments, later paid into his teenage son's bank account.
Daniel Martin, 42, was charged with two offences of defrauding the Commonwealth.
He pleaded guilty to the crime, telling the ACT Magistrates Court how he had transferred almost $4,000 to the fictional "John Martinez" account between March and April 2021.
Martin lost his job over the fraud in July and has since paid the money back.
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