一名前新南威尔士州运输官员被指控接受公路合同承包商的686 000美元现金,正受到调查。 A former NSW transport official is under investigation for allegedly accepting $686,000 in cash from a contractor for road contracts.

新南威尔士州的一项公共调查正在审查关于新南威尔士州官员Helmy的前运输公司接受承包商至少686 000美元现金以换取道路建筑合同的指控。 A New South Wales public inquiry is examining allegations that a former Transport for NSW official, Helmy, accepted at least $686,000 in cash from a contractor in exchange for road construction contracts. Helmy在逃了四个月后于9月被捕,Helmy作证说,他用橡皮筋捆绑来算钱,这种方法被怀疑是不可靠的。 Helmy, who was arrested in September after four months on the run, testified he counted money by rubber band bundles, a method questioned as unreliable. 他承认发出了一个信息,暗示他会把现金交给朋友以支付承包商,至少两次给同事,并可能谎报从承包商收到的金额。 He admitted sending a message suggesting he would pass cash to a friend to pay contractors, gave money to a colleague on at least two occasions, and may have misrepresented the amount received from the contractor. 他还确认,与他有浪漫关系的一位前同事帮助清点了现金。 He also confirmed that a former colleague, with whom he had a romantic relationship, helped count the cash. 该调查是Wyvern行动的一部分,是廉政公署自2019年以来对新南威尔士州交通采购腐败的第四次调查,预计将持续到10月底。 The probe, part of Operation Wyvern, is the fourth ICAC investigation into procurement corruption at Transport for NSW since 2019 and is expected to continue into late October.