The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has extended the NDIS Fraud Taskforce to crack down on dodgy providers.
Minister for the NDIS, Linda Reynolds said the Taskforce was a multi-Agency partnership between the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Services Australia, which focused on high risk and serious criminal activity that targeted the NDIS.
Senator Reynolds said the Taskforce had been extended indefinitely to protect the integrity of the Scheme.
“Participants, their families and carers must feel confident that the NDIA is preventing, detecting and responding to fraud,” Senator Reynolds said.
“Earlier this year, the Taskforce carried out its largest-ever operation following an investigation into an alleged criminal syndicate,” she said.
“Operation Pegasus resulted in the arrests of six people, who are accused of alleged multi-million-dollar fraud against the NDIS.”
Senator Reynolds said the NDIS Fraud Taskforce, established in 2018, had been integral in the investigation and successful prosecutions of criminals who targeted NDIS participants.
The Minister said the NDIA had also established a new Compliance Response team to proactively identity potential non-compliance by both providers and participants through activities such as data analytics.
Senator Reynolds said anyone with concerns that fraud was being committed against the NDIS should contact the NDIS fraud hotline on 1800 650 717.
