Minister Worried After Criminal Gangs Steal Billions From Australia’s Disability Insurance Scheme

Minister Worried After Criminal Gangs Steal Billions From Australia’s Disability Insurance Scheme
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten speaks to participants during an event to celebrate International Day of people with a disability at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Dec. 3, 2020. AAP Image/Lukas Coch
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The federal minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Bill Shorten, has said he is deeply concerned about allegations criminal gangs are stealing millions of dollars from the government’s disability scheme.

The allegations from chief of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Michael Phelan, revealed to The Sydney Morning Herald on Aug. 14 that organised gangs were using coercion and other tactics to access accounts to steal NDIS funds.
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