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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

NSW transport bureaucrat admits being given envelopes of cash at Oporto to artificially inflate invoices

Envelopes of cash allegedly paid to former NSW transport bureaucrat Ibrahim Helmy as part of a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme
Envelopes of cash allegedly paid to former NSW transport bureaucrat Ibrahim Helmy as part of a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme. Photograph: New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac)

A former transport bureaucrat has admitted to being paid with envelopes of cash at an Oporto fast-food restaurant after allegedly asking a contractor to artificially inflate invoices so they could share the difference.

Ibrahim Helmy, 38, appeared before the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Thursday for a second day of evidence on his alleged involvement at the centre of a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme.

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