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IT project manager
found corrupt
A former IT contract project manager at the then Department of Education and Training has been found to have engaged in corrupt conduct by manipulating the Department’s recruitment and payment processes.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) found the man benefited personally in the order of more than $400,000.
In its report on the Investigation into alleged fraud on the former NSW Department of Education and Training, ICAC said the accused was found to have prepared and presented contractor assessment forms containing false representations to the Department to obtain approval to engage five people associated with his own private company as contractors so he could benefit financially from those appointments.
| ICAC advises legal action |
The corrupt conduct was alleged to have occurred between March 2008 and January 2009, and the accused was also found to have falsely represented two of contractors as having performed services for, and on behalf of, the Department, when they had not.
ICAC said the man had signed timesheets for the contractors to falsely represent that they had performed the services.
The Commission said it was of the opinion that the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions should be sought with respect to prosecution of the accused for offences of obtaining money by false or misleading statements.
Edition 255, 25 January 2012
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