A senior Victorian detective who was paid by an associate to resolve personal disputes used police stations to interview people, threatened to charge them with criminal offences, and used police databases improperly as part of the longstanding relationship, the state’s anti-corruption commission alleges.
Det Sgt Wayne Dean has admitted to being paid on multiple occasions by Basilios (Bill) Meletsis, who he met more than three decades ago through “the Carlton restaurant scene”, and to completing “jobs” for his associate as recently as February.
