Dozens more charged over alleged bribes-for-registration scheme

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Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged 28 more people as it investigates allegations the Victorian Building Authority took bribes to register builders.

The Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) announced on Thursday one VBA employee had been charged, along with 27 others who were either building registration applicants or had allegedly helped facilitate building registration applications for others.

Twenty-eight more people have been charged by Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog.Credit: Wayne Taylor

“These charges are in addition to six people who were charged as part of Operation Perseus in 2024, including two VBA employees, two building registration applicants and two other people involved in the alleged corrupt conduct,” the watchdog said in a short statement.

Last August, this masthead revealed three VBA staff had been stood down as IBAC probed allegations of a bribes-for-registration scheme.

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