Northern Territory Government Anti Fraud policy in 2008 was “Do not recruit people from countries notorious for corrupt ion and named India and Nigera. If these rules where still enforced, the NTG & Federal Government could have avoided:
Kingsley Ebelebe named in this article:
Best Okwa, darling at Department of Mines and possibly someone’s son in law there, went on to get caught at Chief Ministers Department. ABC NEWS “Former staffer in NT Chief Minister’s department jailed for setting up email scam” NT NEWS “Best Okwa to spend time in prison after scam attempt”
John Zvimba, a Zimbabwean national working in the engineering department at Royal Darwin Hospital, and accomplice Walter Wilton were jailed for defrauding the hospital of nearly $150,000. They created a scheme involving 36 phony work orders for electrical work that was never performed.
Lawyer turned conman Christian Okoh, 29, sentenced to home detention for money laundering after snitching on co-offender brothers. Like his brothers, Christian Okoh was not ordered to repay any of the six-figure sum he and his brothers scammed out of businesses and unsuspecting individuals around the country. “There appears to be no that you will ever repay it,” Justice Mildren said. Christian Okohagreed to give evidence against his gambling addict brother, Joseph Okoh, 32, who was the principal offender and who was in mid-September sentenced to five years and four months jail, with a two year and eight month non-parole period. The youngest of the three brothers, Emmanuel Okoh, 26, pleaded guilty earlier this year to dealing in the proceeds of crime and is serving three years jail with an 18 month non-parole period.
Indian-origin employer fined $516,000 for exploiting 457 visa holders Ashok Alexander admitted in the court that he was being paid back in cash by the visa holder worker
Darwin Supermarket Operators Penalised The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured more than $100,000 in penalties and back-pay orders in court against the operators of a supermarket in Darwin for breaches affecting a migrant worker. The Federal Circuit and Family Court has imposed a $39,960 penalty against Om Shiva Foods Pty Ltd, trading as Wulagi Supermarket, and a $7,992 penalty against the company’s sole director Vinay Madasu
“Darwin is a problem,” Dozens of Darwin hospitality businesses found underpaying workers, Fair Work ombudsman recovers $400,000 in wages The Fair Work Ombudsman has voiced concerns about “significant non-compliance” with wage laws by Top End restaurants, cafes and takeaway businesses, with close to $400,000 recovered in a recent crackdown. More than 30 businesses audited in 48 surprise inspections were found to be not paying penalty rates, casual loadings, overtime and excessive unpaid trials – with 479 local workers underpaid.
Former owners of Darwin cafe fined $73,000 for underpaying two workers $7000 The former owners of Darwin cafe have been ordered to pay a fine worth more than 10 times the amount owed to two former underpaid workers, following a ruling by the Federal Court.
The Federal Court imposed a $73,000 fine on Moya and Peter Buckley, as former owner-operators of the Java Spice Cafe in Darwin, after investigations by the Fair Work Ombudsman found two former Taiwanese backpackers had been underpaid approximately $7000. Another Darwin business, Scott’s Painting Service which is run by Scott Aeron Davenport, was found to have paid three French nationals just $450 for 13 day’s work – an hourly rate of less than $5 an hour.
Northern Territory Government Anti Fraud policy in 2008 was “Do not recruit people from countries notorious for corrupt ion and named India and Nigera.
If these rules where still enforced, the NTG & Federal Government could have avoided:
Kingsley Ebelebe named in this article:
Best Okwa, darling at Department of Mines and possibly someone’s son in law there, went on to get caught at Chief Ministers Department.
ABC NEWS “Former staffer in NT Chief Minister’s department jailed for setting up email scam”
NT NEWS “Best Okwa to spend time in prison after scam attempt”
John Zvimba, a Zimbabwean national working in the engineering department at Royal Darwin Hospital, and accomplice Walter Wilton were jailed for defrauding the hospital of nearly $150,000. They created a scheme involving 36 phony work orders for electrical work that was never performed.
Lawyer turned conman Christian Okoh, 29, sentenced to home detention for money laundering after snitching on co-offender brothers. Like his brothers, Christian Okoh was not ordered to repay any of the six-figure sum he and his brothers scammed out of businesses and unsuspecting individuals around the country.
“There appears to be no
that you will ever repay it,” Justice Mildren said.
Christian Okohagreed to give evidence against his gambling addict brother, Joseph Okoh, 32, who was the principal offender and who was in mid-September sentenced to five years and four months jail, with a two year and eight month non-parole period.
The youngest of the three brothers, Emmanuel Okoh, 26, pleaded guilty earlier this year to dealing in the proceeds of crime and is serving three years jail with an 18 month non-parole period.
Indian-origin employer fined $516,000 for exploiting 457 visa holders
Ashok Alexander admitted in the court that he was being paid back in cash by the visa holder worker
Darwin Supermarket Operators Penalised
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured more than $100,000 in penalties and back-pay orders in court against the operators of a supermarket in Darwin for breaches affecting a migrant worker.
The Federal Circuit and Family Court has imposed a $39,960 penalty against Om Shiva Foods Pty Ltd, trading as Wulagi Supermarket, and a $7,992 penalty against the company’s sole director Vinay Madasu
“Darwin is a problem,”
Dozens of Darwin hospitality businesses found underpaying workers, Fair Work ombudsman recovers $400,000 in wages
The Fair Work Ombudsman has voiced concerns about “significant non-compliance” with wage laws by Top End restaurants, cafes and takeaway businesses, with close to $400,000 recovered in a recent crackdown.
More than 30 businesses audited in 48 surprise inspections were found to be not paying penalty rates, casual loadings, overtime and excessive unpaid trials – with 479 local workers underpaid.
Former owners of Darwin cafe fined $73,000 for underpaying two workers $7000
The former owners of Darwin cafe have been ordered to pay a fine worth more than 10 times the amount owed to two former underpaid workers, following a ruling by the Federal Court.
The Federal Court imposed a $73,000 fine on Moya and Peter Buckley, as former owner-operators of the Java Spice Cafe in Darwin, after investigations by the Fair Work Ombudsman found two former Taiwanese backpackers had been underpaid approximately $7000.
Another Darwin business, Scott’s Painting Service which is run by Scott Aeron Davenport, was found to have paid three French nationals just $450 for 13 day’s work – an hourly rate of less than $5 an hour.