Two men charged with alleged $3m Medicare, NDIS rorts

Sarah Spina-Matthews and Catherine Bouris | October 9, 2026

Two men have been charged with defrauding the government out of a combined $3.3 million.

One man, accused of impersonating government officials in a $1.5 million Medicare rort, was arrested in a house in Emu Plains, west of Sydney.

Police allege the man impersonated Services Australia staff to get information from medical practitioners. 

That information was then allegedly used to make fraudulent Medicare claims, worth a total of $1.5 million. 

A second man was arrested at a Sydney police station on Thursday over his alleged role in a $1.8 million fraud involving the National Disability Insurance Agency.

He was charged with 12 counts of obtaining a gain from a Commonwealth entity and one count of intentionally dealing with the proceeds of crime worth $1 million or more.

Both men were arrested as the result of investigations conducted by the Australian government Fraud Fusion Taskforce.

At the time of his arrest in July, the alleged Medicare fraud was the subject of arrest warrants in the ACT, NSW, Queensland and South Australia, police said. 

Officers searched his house, where they seized a phone, laptop and several identity documents. 

He was charged with influencing and impersonating a Commonwealth public official.

He did not apply for bail during a Friday court appearance and bail was refused for all charges. He will next appear in court in November.

Police will allege the man accused of defrauding the NDIS did so while acting as the director of a registered NDIS provider, submitting fraudulent invoices totalling $1.89 million between 2020 and 2024 for services not provided.

He was refused bail on Friday and is next scheduled to appear in court in December.

AFP Detective Superintendent Tim Underhill said the force was targeting those who defrauded systems on which Australians rely.

“This alleged offending strikes at the heart of Australia’s health system and diverts critical funds away from those most in need,” he said. 

“Those who seek to exploit government programs for personal gain are warned agencies across Australia are working together to identify offending and take action against those responsible.”