Two former public servants engaged in serious corrupt conduct over nine years that netted them at least $7.47 million in benefits, helped by lax supervision and poor managerial oversight, the NSW corruption watchdog has found.
At least $6.7 million of these payments were corrupt benefits to Dubois, while Steyn received benefits to the tune of at least $743,841, the watchdog found. The ICAC also took a swipe at the government agency for failing to conduct proper due diligence checks, which it said would have raised red flags and encouraged questions about what was occurring.However, the watchdog said in its findings that, even if a red flag was identified and questions asked, it was never meaningfully followed through at the agency.
The investigation has already led to separate legal action against the two former Roads and Maritime employees that resulted in the recovery of $3.94 million from Dubois and $745,000 from Steyn.