‘Corrosive’: Ex-V/Line boss jailed over corrupt contracts
The masterminds behind a major corruption scandal involving Victoria rail cleaning contracts have been jailed for their “corrosive” betrayal of public trust.
A former V/Line chief executive, James Pinder, has been sentenced to two years and eight months in jail for misconduct in public office and receiving secret commissions. He must serve one year and nine months before becoming eligible for parole.
Pinder was found to have established an undeclared relationship with Transclean boss George Haritos and corruptly received secret commissions. He was sacked as V/Line CEO after appearing before a public inquiry into the matter.
Four other people were also sentenced for their roles in a corruption scandal involving the awarding of multi-million-dollar cleaning contracts within V/Line and Metro to Transclean. The contracts, initially valued at $40 million, were varied to more than $54 million by the end of March 2019, according to ABC News AU.
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