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| Eman Sharobeem, who allegedly rorted more than half a million dollars from two charities, tells Icac she didn’t use funds on holidays and luxury items | |
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| Tue 13 Jun 2017 04.19 BST | |
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| Former Australian of the Year state finalist Eman Sharobeem has told a corruption inquiry any accounting mistakes she made as the head of a Sydney charity were a result of being “underpaid and overworked”. | Former Australian of the Year state finalist Eman Sharobeem has told a corruption inquiry any accounting mistakes she made as the head of a Sydney charity were a result of being “underpaid and overworked”. |
| Sharobeem on Tuesday faced a second round of NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption hearings into allegations she rorted more than half a million dollars from two charities. | Sharobeem on Tuesday faced a second round of NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption hearings into allegations she rorted more than half a million dollars from two charities. |
| The former head of the Immigrant Women’s Health Service (IWHS) and the Non-English Speaking Housing Women’s Scheme continued to deny she used the funds on holidays and luxury items, as she returned to the witness box. | The former head of the Immigrant Women’s Health Service (IWHS) and the Non-English Speaking Housing Women’s Scheme continued to deny she used the funds on holidays and luxury items, as she returned to the witness box. |
| “I was underpaid and overworked so if any wrongdoing happened ... it’s not because it’s my intention, it’s because I was overstretched,” she said. | “I was underpaid and overworked so if any wrongdoing happened ... it’s not because it’s my intention, it’s because I was overstretched,” she said. |
| “And I was also doing a lot of volunteer work, I don’t want you to feel that I did this deliberately.” | “And I was also doing a lot of volunteer work, I don’t want you to feel that I did this deliberately.” |
| Sharobeem told the inquiry she was the only full-time worker at the IWHS and cited “the size of things required of me as a human being” as she became flustered 15 minutes into the hearing. | Sharobeem told the inquiry she was the only full-time worker at the IWHS and cited “the size of things required of me as a human being” as she became flustered 15 minutes into the hearing. |
| Sharobeem is accused of being fraudulently reimbursed for an $8,900 holiday club membership she used for personal trips. | Sharobeem is accused of being fraudulently reimbursed for an $8,900 holiday club membership she used for personal trips. |
| The commission was shown a handwritten note by Sharobeem to a bookkeeper in which she claimed an $8,990 receipt was for “the handyman who established the new service for multicultural mix elder group in Bankstown”. | The commission was shown a handwritten note by Sharobeem to a bookkeeper in which she claimed an $8,990 receipt was for “the handyman who established the new service for multicultural mix elder group in Bankstown”. |
| Sharobeem, who demanded the money within two months, couldn’t remember why the two amounts were the same. | Sharobeem, who demanded the money within two months, couldn’t remember why the two amounts were the same. |
| “When you put them together you appear as though you’re trying to say they’re linked,” she said. “They’re not linked.” | “When you put them together you appear as though you’re trying to say they’re linked,” she said. “They’re not linked.” |
| Sharobeem now denies she was chief executive officer of the IWHS, claiming she was given the title merely for “prestige” and was never treated as one. | Sharobeem now denies she was chief executive officer of the IWHS, claiming she was given the title merely for “prestige” and was never treated as one. |
| “I was doing everything and anything in the organisation,” she said. | “I was doing everything and anything in the organisation,” she said. |
| The hearing continues. | The hearing continues. |
| Independent Commission Against Corruption | |
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| New South Wales | |
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