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Senior Gallery Worker Accused of $8 Million Theft
IBAC alleges the former senior employee used a work account to buy about $8 million in mobile phones and sell them for personal gain.
- On Thursday, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission charged a former National Gallery of Victoria employee with allegedly siphoning $8 million by purchasing mobile phones via a work account for personal gain.
- Authorities launched Operation Sonder last year to investigate allegations of corrupt conduct, during which the employee allegedly misused his position over six years to conceal the scheme.
- IBAC charged the former staffer with seven counts of theft and one count of misconduct in public office; he is expected to appear before Melbourne Magistrates' Court on October 20.
- The NGV reported the alleged conduct to Victoria Police and IBAC last September, resulting in the employee's termination; since then, the gallery has implemented new measures to "strengthen our systems and processes."
- Founded in 1861, the NGV is Australia's oldest and most-visited art museum, spanning two buildings in Melbourne and housing a state collection of nearly 80,000 works.
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National Gallery of Victoria Staffer Accused of Siphoning $8 Million from Museum
A former senior employee at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Australia is said to have drained $8 million from the institution’s coffers over a six-year span, The Guardian reports. The staffer, who has not been publicly named, is said to have spent the money on mobile phones, which he purchased through a museum […]
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