The phrase "abuse the scheme" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the misuse or exploitation of a system, plan, or program for personal gain or to cause harm.
Example: "Some individuals have found ways to abuse the scheme, taking advantage of loopholes to benefit themselves unfairly."
Alternatives: "exploit the system" or "misuse the program".
He told the court she "abused the scheme", even resubmitting slightly amended expense claims which had been rejected.
The prosecution alleged that Moran "abused the scheme", even re-submitting expenses claims with different descriptions and supportive invoices if they were initially rejected by parliamentary authorities.
These range from strict eligibility requirements to severe penalties for those abusing the scheme, including life in prison for any doctor found to have coerced or encouraged a patient to consider voluntary assisted dying.
The Productivity Commission has found thousands of Australians aged 56 and over are abusing the scheme because rather than using it to work fewer hours, they're using it to work full-time but to minimise their tax.
He told the court Moran "abused the scheme", going as far as to resubmit expenses claims with different descriptions and supportive invoices if they were initially rejected by parliamentary authorities.
Following a year-long investigation into mismanagement of the Caribbean island's medical-benefits scheme, a Royal Commission of Inquiry recommended appointing a special prosecutor to look into charges against a dozen people, including two former health ministers, implicated in abusing the scheme.
The court heard Moran altered addresses to make it look as if she was making legitimate claims for her second home or constituency office, when they were to cover her personal costs, and "abused the scheme", going as far as to re-submit expenses claims with different descriptions and supportive invoices if they were initially rejected by parliamentary authorities.
He said if people were abusing the scheme he was not aware of it and would not support it.
Moran "abused the scheme", prosecutors said, going as far as to re-submit expenses claims with different descriptions and supportive invoices if they were initially rejected by parliamentary authorities.
Before her murder, the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was investigating an alleged abuse of the scheme in Malta.
