A Melbourne man has been arrested after allegedly submitting fraudulent applications for COVID-19 temporary isolation payments during the pandemic.
Police executed a search warrant at his address in Braybrook yesterday, before arresting a 41-year-old man.
Detectives seized a card printing machine, a card embossing machine, a number of blank Victorian driver's licence cards and numerous false identification documents, including proof of age cards and Medicare cards.
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Four mobile phone signal jammers and numerous mobile phones, tablets and computers were also seized from his address.
Police will allege more than 500 fraudulent COVID-19 grant applications were successfully submitted under a variety of false names worth almost $60,000 between 2020-2021.
The 41-year-old man is expected to be charged on summons with numerous deception and fraudulent document-related offences.
Police said the investigation remains ongoing.
