CCC toner cartridge bribery hearing

A corruption watchdog is investigating whether a Melbourne-based company bribed West Australian public servants into buying toner cartridges at overinflated prices and in such quantities that a whole office was needed to store them.

The Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) started public hearings in Perth on Monday to determine whether any public officer had been engaged in misconduct by purchasing items, particularly toner cartridges, at an overinflated price from Victorian company Consumable Management Group (CMG).

Counsel assisting the commission Kevin Tavener said the hearings, set down for three days, would shine "a narrow spotlight on the conduct of public officers who appeared to have been inveigled by a complex sales technique' applied by CMG.
Mr Tavener said some public servants were offered vouchers and inducements including golfing vouchers to buy CMG's products.

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