Financial crime squad detectives in NSW have charged three men over an alleged insurance fraud worth more than $1 million that involved fake invoices for lawn mowing, cleaning and other domestic services.

Strike Force Loughton was established in March 2024 to investigate suspected fraudulent payments made by an employee at a workers’ compensation and insurance claim company.

Detectives found that between November 2022 and September 2023, a 38-year-old man allegedly arranged for 787 fraudulent invoices totalling just over $1 million to be unlawfully paid to two other men.

It is alleged the man, in his role as a case manager, approved false invoices for lawn mowing, cleaning and other domestic services.

Detectives will allege in court that the funds were electronically transferred between the three men’s bank accounts.

The three were arrested and taken to Liverpool Police Station yesterday.

The 38-year-old, from Hinchinbrook, was charged with 88 counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception and one count of knowingly directing activities of a criminal group.

A 37-year-old Denham Court man was charged with 42 counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception and one count of participating in a criminal group.

A 40-year-old Denham Court man was charged with 46 counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception and one count of participating in a criminal group, plus supplying prohibited drugs, after police allegedly seized 40 grams of cocaine.