I have blogged previously on the cabal of rorters associated with ACC.
Today one of them took one for the team.
ACC’s former national property manager has admitted he took a bribe worth $160,000, was given a $9000 Singapore holiday and corruptly disclosed information.
Malcolm David Mason, 50, of Miramar, this morning pleaded guilty to three charges of corruption and bribery charges at Wellington District Court.
He pleaded guilty to corruptly disclosing information about security officer listings, corruptly accepting a gift in the form of a Singapore holiday and accepting a bribe.
The charges relate to two buildings, one in Wellington and one in Whangarei where ACC are tenants.
Mason had also forwarded on a confidential email from the government to a businessman who could have profited from it.
He will be sentenced next month.
Hmmm…so who gave him the Singapore trip and the bribes, why aren’t they also before the courts.
I have just been advised that one of the tight six owns two companies that have been taken into receivership, though the details aren’t listed yet on the Companies Office records.
Paul Coffey of Alligator Security is tied up with the corruption and fraud at the ACC Property Office. Malcolm Mason supplied confidential information to Paul Coffey. The roosters have come home to roost. I suppose with no Malcolm Mason sending work the way of Paul Coffey and no Government Department including Alligator in their tenders for security work failure was almost guaranteed. I wonder if the Black Mercedes has been re-possessed yet. Any of the tight six who associated with Mason to give Paul Cornal Coffey of Oriental Bay (not for very much longer) any work would be akin to cuddling a leper. No work and champagne lifestyle simply do not mix. I wonder how business is for the other 5 in the tight six.
More to come on this story for sure. Wellington’s property community are squawking and the Whale’s tipline is humming.
