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2 Victorians Sentenced to 3 Years for NDIS Frauds

NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister said the convictions showed that anyone who abused the scheme will be caught and punished.
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2 Victorians Sentenced to 3 Years for NDIS Frauds
A man wearing a shawl over his head walks into a Centrelink, Medicare, NDIS office in Albany, Western Australia, on Sept. 26, 2023. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times
Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
3/20/2026|Updated: 3/20/2026

Two Victorians have been sentenced to similar jail terms for unrelated frauds against the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

On March 20, a Victorian court sentenced Mumthaj Begam Kantara, a 60-year-old former NDIS provider, to three years’ imprisonment for exploiting people with disabilities from non-English-speaking backgrounds to defraud the social insurance program.

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