Former Western Power employee Rodney Pearson fined $10,000 for corruption
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Rodney Pearson admitted corruptly supplying his friend with confidential quotes.
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A sacked Western Power employee has been fined $10,000 for giving a friend a significant competitive advantage by corruptly providing him with quotes for work from rival companies.
Key points:
He was sacked from Western Power after 30 years at the utility
Judge John Staude said the offences were a breach of trust
Rodney George Pearson, 59, pleaded guilty to two corruption charges arising from his work as the vehicle fleet co-ordinator at Western Power in 2018.
He sent his friend, who had a vehicle body building company, three emails detailing quotes that Western Power had received from the two other companies.