Former AFL prospect charged in alleged fake certificate scheme across major state projects
A former AFL prospect turned construction manager has been charged with 232 counts of document forgery related to a fake qualification scheme. The scandal involves hundreds of fraudulent certificates distributed across major Victorian infrastructure projects, raising significant safety concerns.
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The infiltration of fake qualifications into major public infrastructure projects poses a direct threat to workplace safety and public infrastructure integrity.
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Share A A A A Victorian businessman has been charged over his alleged role in a racket involving hundreds of fake qualifications distributed across Big Build sites, potentially endangering the safety of workers and the public.
The breakthrough by a police taskforce has prompted the state opposition to commit to expanding the terms of reference of the Carroll government commissioned royal commission into the building industry if it wins government to examine the qualifications scandal and how it may have operated for years without detection by the state’s health and safety regulator WorkSafe or other agencies.
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