Reporting Centrelink Fraud
Hello everyone,
This is my first post so hope im doing this correctly....
I have been aware of someone commiting centrelink fraud and would like to report them however Im not sure how confidential this would be.
Ok, I'll begin telling you what Im aware of. Mind you the situation may have changed as it was back in 2016 that I was first alerted to this misconduct of the law.
I was alerted that my ex's defacto is claiming a single womans benifit whilst her partner (my ex) is living with her under the same roof. As far as im aware they have been living together for the past 3 years but he uses his parents address as his principal place of residence.
My ex make it look as though his defacto is renting the house in which they both live in. They make it look as though she is my ex's tenant and he collects rent from her.
As far as im aware my ex works full time as a truck driver.
Here's the kicker, in 2016 they both went overseas to London to visit her mother. Since when does a landlord take his tenant on an all expenses paid holiday?
My ex left me for her and saw to it that HE got most of the assets. He owns two houses freehold whilst im living on a pension and renting. Basically he screwed me financially and otherwise.
Im not doing anything dishonest however Im concerned that if I report them Centrelink will tell them who reported them. Mind you the ex would guess it was me. Basically I want to know if this is going to be a long and messy ordeal. I want nothing to do with the ex All i want is for justice to be served.
Someone out there who really needs that pension isnt gettting it because of my ex's greedy defacto.
Thank you Catsahoy, Leonie and Jenifer,
Thank you for your kind words. And no I dont want pity from anyone. And as for persuing this Centrelink scam of theirs who can really be stuffed dealing with govt red tape, not to mention having to deal with him. No..... I prefer to walk away in a dignified manner.... let them gossip and laugh about me. Apparantly unbeknown to me at the time thats what they used to do behind my back
By the time he left me I had develped serious back problems....because he was never home I was having to do my jobs along with his. He never fixed anything around the house. it would always be me climbing up ladders and hauling heavy furiture..... jobs that a man would usually do. I was his cook, his cleaner, his handy woman, his book keeper, his secretary.
But all of I sudden I had become a liability to him. I was virtually crippled and in pain. I remember that night so clearly. He told me he was leaving me, and told me to sign up for Centrelink payments because I was on my own now, he wasnt going to pay for my medicationsl expenses and he walked out the door leaving me all alone and crying in a corner on the floor. Suddenly I could see him without the mask he had been wearing for the past 20 years. It was the first time i saw him as the cold, cruel stranger that he really was..... and it was terrorfying. No horror movie even come close to the terror I felt.....
Anyway sorry for going off on a tangent yet again, Slowly the memories are fading. The fact that we are divorced now is a positive. Ive had major surgery on my back and touchwood im doing well. Im in no way part of him anymore. Now I need to change my name back to my maiden name. Its gonna be a pain in the arse but it will be worth it when i can read my mail without seeing his surname, or signing documents using his surname.
Btw has anyone here had to change their name? I have no idea how involved going to be. I suppose my first point of contact would be getting in touch with Births, Deaths and Marriages?
What this has taught me is that im much stonger than what i thought I was. So i aint giving up on myself because at the end of the day I only have myself to rely on. I have to be my own best friend..... thank you for listening xxx