Parramatta. Fraud on the rise

A report from the Bureau of Crime Statistics shows that fraud in the Parramatta local government area (LGA) increased by 27.9 per cent to 1596 incidents in 2008. The increase in the period 2004-2008 was 7.7 per cent. The bureau’s June 2009 quarterly report shows fraud in Central Western Sydney (Auburn, Holroyd and Parramatta LGAs) stood at 2802 incidents, up 2.7 per cent on the same period in 2008.