NSW transport bureaucrat admits being given envelopes of cash at Oporto to artificially inflate invoices

<p>Ibrahim Helmy tells Icac hearing he created fake invoices as part of alleged multimillion-dollar kickback scheme</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/09/australia-politics-live-opera-house-rally-palestine-gaza-parliament-senate-estimates-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-question-time-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A former transport bureaucrat has admitted to being paid with envelopes of cash at an Oporto fast-food restaurant after allegedly asking a contractor to artificially inflate invoices so they could share the difference.</p><p>Ibrahim Helmy, 38, appeared before the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/new-south-wales">New South Wales</a> Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Thursday for a second day of evidence on his alleged involvement at the centre of a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/09/nsw-transport-bureaucrat-cash-bribes-oporto-fake-invoices-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>