Since 1 July 2023, there have been 8 successful convictions resulting from Commission investigations.
Operation Harvey
A former Australian Border Force (ABF) officer was sentenced for intentionally making a false statement in a statutory declaration, unauthorised access to restricted data and providing false or misleading information.
The former ABF officer was convicted and released on the condition that they enter into a recognisance of $1,500 and be of good behaviour for a period of 9 months.
Operation Harvey was a joint investigation commenced by the former ACLEI and the Department of Home Affairs and later continued and concluded by the NACC and was prosecuted by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (CDPP).
Former ABF officer sentenced following guilty plea | National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
Operation Barker
This investigation related to the payment of a bribe to a former ATO official in exchange for potentially reducing various personal and business tax debts by millions of dollars and for disclosing restricted information to two different individuals on over 1,000 occasions.
In March 2024, the former ATO official was convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. In August 2024, one accomplice was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for 3 years and 14 days. In December 2024, another accomplice was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years and 10 months.
The sentence of the former ATO official is currently under appeal.
Operation Barker was a joint investigation commenced by the former ACLEI, which transitioned to the NACC and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and was prosecuted by the CDPP.
Operation Barker was supported by the ATO, Australian Federal Police (AFP), New South Wales Police, the Department of Home Affairs, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre.
Jail time for ‘brazen’ ATO bribes | National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
Former ATO employee jailed for accepting bribes | National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
Operation Meda
A former Detention Services Officer at an immigration detention facility was sentenced for their role in assisting a detainee to access drugs in exchange for payments.
The Detention Services Officer was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 2 years and 6 months.
Operation Meda was a joint investigation commenced by the former ACLEI and the Department of Home Affairs, which transitioned to the NACC and was prosecuted by the CDPP.
Operation Angelo
A former Department of Home Affairs employee was convicted and sentenced for abuse of public office, unauthorised disclosure of official information, and unauthorised access to Home Affairs records of and for their family, friends, associates and tenants, over an extended period of time.
The former employee was originally sentenced to imprisonment for 14 months, but to be released immediately upon a recognizance in the sum of $500 and to be of good behaviour for 2 years. On appeal in May 2025, the District Court reduced the sentence to 12 months.
In the sentencing remarks, His Honour Judge Sutherland referred to the position of trust held by public servants and their access to private data, emphasising that the former employee had used Home Affairs systems as a personal browser to look up confidential information.
Operation Angelo was a joint investigation commenced by the former ACLEI and Home Affairs, which was continued by the NACC and was prosecuted by the CDPP.
Operation Roe
A former ATO employee was sentenced for unauthorised access of taxpayer records. The investigation identified that the former ATO employee had extensively accessed various taxation records without authority between August 2020 and April 2021.
The ATO employee was convicted and released upon a recognizance in the sum of $2,000 to be of good behaviour for a period of 18 months.
Operation Roe was a joint investigation between ACLEI and the ATO, for which the NACC became responsible from 1 July 2023.
Operation Nambung
A former Superintendent in the AFP was sentenced for charges related to fraudulent use of their Commonwealth credit card involving more than $17,000 in personal expenditure.
The former AFP member was convicted, fined $5,000 and sentenced to a 3 year community corrections order.
This prosecution followed a joint investigation between ACLEI and the AFP, for which the NACC became responsible from 1 July 2023.