A serial Centrelink fraudster collected more than $50,000 – now he’s faced court. Crime by Lea Emery Premium Content Subscriber only A SERIAL Centrelink fraudster collected more than $50,000 more than he was entitled to after he failed to inform the government about income from his job as a casual labourer. John Carl Tehan received the additional payments over 10 years between February 2009 and March 2018. But when added together the period he did not report as required was only three years. The 52-year-old pleaded guilty in the Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday to 10 counts of obtaining financial advantage for self, driving under the influence of drugs and possessing dangerous drugs.