>A fugitive NSW Government official who allegedly masterminded a web of corruption joked with another immigrant associate about taking millions of dollars from White Australians, a corruption probe has heard.
>Ibrahim Helmy, 38, who has Egyptian, US and Australian passports, is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for failing to appear before the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s (ICAC) Operation Wyvern public inquiry into allegations against Transport for NSW (TfNSW) employees.
>Helmy is accused of taking $11.5million in kickbacks from contractors working on roads across the state, and a hearing earlier this month was told about alleged WhatsApp message exchanges between him and a person identified in his phone as Pita.