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A central west woman who has been linked to a home invasion in Muswellbrook and caught on camera by a regional service station has faced additional fraudulent charges, a court has heard.
Brittany Baxter, 29, appeared in Wellington Local Court via audio visual link on two counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception.
Police facts tendered to the court allege Baxter made several claims to victim support services to obtain between $25,000 and $30,000.
Baxter allegedly claimed $5000 from the scheme twice before the applications were deemed “suspicious”.
“A spike in applications from the Wellington township for the victim services schemes and similarities in said applications gave cause for victim services to become suspicious and reviewed several applications,” the facts stated of police’s allegations.
The alleged incidences occurred between June 2021 and September 2021.
Applications for the scheme were allegedly made using different bank accounts with different names containing either Baxter’s phone number or her partner’s, the facts state.
According to the facts, police allege “the application format appears to be in the same format” as Baxter’s initial claim with a blue and orange colour scheme.
About 10.30am in July 2022, police attended Baxter’s residence and placed under arrest for the fraudulent claims.
While in custody, the facts stated Baxter stated “Yeh I helped people do their application and used my bank details. But I gave them the money. It was with their consent.”
Baxter attended Dubbo Local Court on April 16 where she was bail refused for receiving stolen property and two counts of dishonestly obtaining property by deception.
Magistrate Emma Manea granted Baxter bail with the conditions to reside in Wellington and not contact any crown witnesses.
Baxter will appear in Dubbo Drug Court on May 2.
According to the court documents relating to last week’s appearance, Baxter allegedly received an NAB card of a woman which had previously been stolen between 1.10am and 6pm on March 4.
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