Matthew Barnes, 38, avoided jail at Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to 13 counts of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception.
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A returned traveller has tested positive to coronavirus after they were released from hotel quarantine in Sydney.
The Australian from Wollongong tested negative twice during their 14-day quarantine but returned a positive test two days after being released.
NSW Health announced just hours earlier earlier that returned Australians would be tested again after leaving hotel quarantine to prevent exactly this scenario.
An alert list was issued of 10 Wollongong venues and a cafe in Brighton Le Sands in Sydney s south visited by the infected case following their release from quarantine.
Other venues included Thirroul Beach, a popular shopping centre in Figtree, an Optus in North Wollongong, Woolworths in Bulli, a hotel in Austinmer and an Officeworks in Fairy Meadow visited twice in the space of 24 hours.