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Paul Whyte accused of arranging $1.3 million Roebourne land sale to help gambling associates
WA’s corruption watchdog is investigating whether disgraced public servant Paul Whyte arranged the sale of land to the State Government at a hugely inflated price to benefit his gambling associates.
Key points:
- The CCC is investigating the sale of two lots of land in Roebourne
- The sale allegedly helped “underwrite Paul Whyte’s gambling”
- The hearing heard the sale delivered a return of almost 300 per cent
A Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) hearing was told the public examinations would “raise the curtain on the saga of the Roebourne police housing complex”.
“At the very best the Department [of Housing] missed out on an opportunity to buy land cheaply,” CCC Acting Commissioner Scott told the hearing.
“At worst, there was corrupt diversion…
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