August 20 2018
WA’s corruption watchdog is recommending two former public servants be prosecuted, amid new revelations of bureaucrats taking advantage of their position to personally benefit from government contracts.
The Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) found Horizon Power’s Manager of Technology, Paul Thomas, corruptly and secretly committed the publicly-owned utility to pay ongoing fees to a company he owned.
The CCC found Mr Thomas falsely claimed that Trusted Solutions IT (TSIT), which he owned and directed, carried out work for Horizon Power so he could pay down credit card debt.