Victims of Crime Compensation Fund Defrauded of over $1million

A former employee of the South Australian Attorney-General’s Department is being investigated for more than twenty counts of abuse of public office involving the misappropriation of more than $1 million from the Victims of Crime Compensation Fund. Six men have also been arrested over allegations of misappropriation of money from the South Australian Victims of…

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Victims of Crime Not Accessing Entitlements

Victoria Police Statistics show that the total number of victims of crime against the person in 2009/2010 was 39,032. In the 2009/2010 period the number of crimes compensation applications finalised was a total of 5,920. The number of applications that have been struck out, withdrawn or refused in 2009/2010 was 1,454. Therefore comparing the total number…

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