一名前新南威尔士州运输官员被指控收受5万美元贿赂,将公路合同授予一家公司,从而引发了一次重大的腐败调查。 A former NSW transport official is accused of taking a $50,000 bribe to award road contracts to a company, leading to a major corruption probe.

根据国际廉政公署正在进行的调查,新南威尔士州一名官员Ibrahim Helmy的前运输公司被指控接受一个承包商的5万美元现金贿赂,以换取将道路工程授予Roadverge公司。 A former Transport for NSW official, Ibrahim Helmy, is accused of accepting a $50,000 cash bribe from a contractor in exchange for awarding road work to the company Roadverge, according to an ongoing ICAC inquiry. 证据包括一份电子表格,显示25万美元的付款,涉及410万美元的项目估值过高,以及讨论回扣会议开支的文字信息。 Evidence includes a spreadsheet showing $250,000 in payments linked to a $4.1 million overvaluation of projects, and text messages discussing kickback meeting expenses. Helmy在被发现躲在悉尼的橱柜里之前逃离当局达四个月之久,仍被拘留。 Helmy, who evaded authorities for four months before being found hiding in a Sydney cupboard, remains in custody. 作为Wyvern行动的一部分,调查员查获了马塞拉蒂、金条、加密货币和超过12 000美元的现金,这是自2019年以来国际廉政公署第四次调查该机构采购腐败问题。 Investigators seized a Maserati, gold bars, cryptocurrency, and over $12,000 in cash as part of Operation Wyvern, the fourth ICAC probe into procurement corruption at the agency since 2019.