In the previous year, 4865 cases of social fraud were blown up in Austria. The specially designed Task Force has been able to discover fraud with total damage of 135.6 million euros since 2018. More than 70 percent of the suspects are not Austrian citizens.
The list of parasites is long. A Bosnian has received 1250 euros a month in minimal security and at the same time rented various apartments in his home country. The damage to the taxpayer is estimated at 100,000 euros.
“Therapy in Turkey worked very well”
A man with care level 6 landed in Vienna-Schwechat, but worked Pumperlgs and. “Therapy in Turkey worked very well,” he justified for the officials who received him at the airport.
“More than 70 percent of the suspects are not Austrian citizens,” explains Gerald Tatzgern, head of the department to combat social fraud. Couples often register in different addresses, even though they live under one roof to get higher support.
Schindluder is also committed to financing for German courses for children. Educational units are kept, but a large part officially goes for the administration – so the money goes in your own pocket.
135.6 million euros in damage
Social benefits are the backbone of our welfare state. They serve to support people in challenging living situations. The Social Service Fraud (Solbe) Taskforce is on its way of fraudsters.
- In the previous year the officials dealt with 4865 cases (there were 4457 in 2023).
- Most of them were in Vienna with 2626 advertisements, followed by Lower Austria (508).
Since the basis of the only in 2018, 25,156 suspects have been investigated and 23,653 advertisements have been submitted. The approval rate is 100 percent. In total, the damage was 135.6 million euros.
“The Social Service Fraud Task Force guarantees that social systems remain honest and are available to those they actually need,” the Interior Minister Gerhard Karner confirms. Information campaigns and press releases have led, among other things, to an increased willingness to send information anonymously and digitally.
Manipulated travel writer
Finanzler, together with the police, had their sights at transport companies in Tyrol. The greeting 156 advertisements with a fine of 80,000 euros. An anonymous advertisement brought the stone to roll, so that the travel writers of 33 trucks from a transporter were checked last year. The suspicion that the control cards used different drivers to prevent the legally required rest periods has been confirmed. Some companies also lagged behind registering for social security.
Source: Krone
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