The contracting firm enabled a former project manager to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits and kickbacks, NSW corruption investigators allege.
awarded millions of dollars of transport works contracts to a company without a website or employees, enabling a former manager to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits, and others to take cash kickbacks, according to submissions made at the first day of hearings by NSW’s Independent Commission Against Corruption.
The other program run involved rail corridor and platform modifications for NSW’s new intercity train fleet. “To assist with the competitiveness of their tenders, each of these companies benefited from improper assistance from officers of Transport for NSW and/or Downer at various times during the procurement and project delivery stages,” said Phillip English, the counsel assisting the commission.struggling to restore investor confidence
ICAC alleges that Mr Watters received $8000 cash in the North Strathfield station carpark in connection with another contract award to RJS Infrastructure for the rail station. “I have requested formally that Downer supply further information about this company and previous work they have undertaken.”Mr Wakim was told by his manager that he had “trust issues” and should work on developing that trust with Downer, according to counsel assisting ICAC.
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