Man charged with fraud by Murrumbidgee Police District over dishonest employment in Coleambally

Detectives from the Murrumbidgee Police District responded to reports an employee at a Colleambally business had allegedly used false documents to obtain his employment.

After establishing Strike Force Widemere, inquiries led investigators to the business about 8.15am on Thursday where they arrested a 38-year-old man.

A search warrant was executed at a Coleambally home where officers allegedly located documents and electronic devices relevant to the investigation. These items were seized and will be forensically examined.

The man was charged with five counts of use false document to obtain financial advantage, three counts of dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception and one count of make false document to obtain financial advantage.

Police will allege in court that the man used false documents to gain employment at a university in the Riverina between 2017 and 2018, and a telecommunications business at Tamworth in 2019.

He was refused bail and faced Wagga Local Court on Friday where he was granted conditional bail to appear at Griffith Local Court on Wednesday, July 15.