A man who allegedly failed to disclose his de-facto relationship to Work and Income in order to receive payments to which he was not entitled was living with a Work and Income employee, a court has heard.
Daniel Morgan, 37, is facing eight charges of dishonestly using a document and Matthew Goodall, 41, is facing one charge of dishonestly using a document. The pair have pleaded not guilty to the charges and are on trial at the Napier District Court.
The Crown alleges Goodall, a former Work and Income employee, was living with Morgan in a de-facto relationship at various dates between 2007 and 2010 when Morgan was applying for benefits.
It is alleged Morgan failed to state he was living in a de-facto relationship and therefore received more money than he was entitled to.
Crown prosecutor Kim Laurenson did not say how much Morgan was overpaid.