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Former Western Power employee Rodney Pearson fined $10,000 for corruption
A sacked Western Power employee has been fined $10,000 for giving a friend “a significant competitive advantage” by corruptly providing him with quotes for work from rival companies.
Key points:
- Rodney Pearson admitted sending his friend quotes from rival companies
- He was sacked from Western Power after 30 years at the utility
- Judge John Staude said the offences were a breach of trust
Rodney George Pearson, 59, pleaded guilty to two corruption charges arising from his work as the vehicle fleet co-ordinator at Western Power in 2018.
He sent his friend, who had a vehicle body building company, three emails detailing quotes that Western Power had received from the two other companies.
The friend then submitted quotes on two occasions that were…
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