Man, 46, charged over alleged false injury claim after Bondi attack

Left · 2Police charged a 46-year-old man on Tuesday 27 October 2026 over allegedly falsely claiming he was injured in the Bondi attack of 14 December 2025 and making fraudulent compensation claims. 1 2 Left · 1Detectives arrested him at Parramatta Police Station. 1 Left · 2He is charged with publishing false or misleading material to obtain an advantage and with false representation resulting in a police investigation. 1 2

Left · 2He was granted conditional bail and is due to appear at Parramatta Local Court on 18 November. 1 2 Left · 1Police have not released his name or said which victims-of-crime compensation scheme he allegedly tried to defraud. 2 Left · 2Fifteen people, aged 10 to 87, were killed when two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah festival at Bondi Beach, and about 40 people were wounded in total. 2 1

Left · 1A joint federal and state compensation plan offered up to AU$35,000 to Bondi victims injured by bullets or shrapnel, and applicants first had to be recognised under a state plan offering up to AU$5,000. 2 Left · 1The Daily Telegraph reported the suspect is an Indian national who was taken by immigration officials to an immigration detention centre and could be deported; the Home Affairs Department confirmed an Indian national was detained at that police station but said it could not comment on individual matters for privacy reasons. 2 Left · 1Police said the alleged fraud will have no impact on the matters before the court over the attack itself. 2

Left · 1Naveed Akram, 25, whom police allege was inspired with his father Sajid by Islamic State, appeared in court on Wednesday facing 78 charges including 15 murders and 43 attempted murders; his case was adjourned to 24 February and he has not entered a plea. 2 Left · 1Alex Ryvchin, co-chief of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, called the alleged fraud despicable, saying it diverted police resources when the community still faces security challenges. 2