Published Saturday, 01 March, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Treasurer
The Honourable Andrew Fraser
Statement on Office of State Revenue Security Incident
1 March 2008
Statement on Office of State Revenue Security Incident
An incident involving the security firm contracted to do the banking for the Office of State Revenue has sparked a high level review of security, Treasurer Andrew Fraser said today.
The incident arose when an employee of the security firm arrived at the Office of State Revenue to collect the cheques for banking, which had already been signed out to another security guard.
When immediate confirmation by the security firm of the identity of the person who had collected the banking was not possible, police were called to investigate a potential theft.
The cheques in question were made out to the Office of State Revenue and clearly marked non negotiable. No cash was involved.
Contact with financial institutions was made to ensure the register of cheques collected was immediately the subject of notification.
Precautions were immediately put into place by Treasury for the cheques to be cancelled while Office of State Revenue staff, bank staff, security staff and police investigated the matter.
Because of the high level monitoring of the secure area, police were able to identify from video recordings the first person who had collected the banking.
The person was identified as an employee of the security firm and was located last night.
Enquiries established that the cheques had been banked and a work order for the security firm engaged to collect and deposit the cheques had been duplicated.
Police are satisfied the matter has been resolved and that no criminal offence took place.
Mr Fraser has ordered an immediate and sweeping review of security procedures within the Office of State Revenue, including a review of the contract with the private security firm.
Media Contact: Chris Taylor 0419 710 874
Statement on Office of State Revenue Security Incident
An incident involving the security firm contracted to do the banking for the Office of State Revenue has sparked a high level review of security, Treasurer Andrew Fraser said today.
The incident arose when an employee of the security firm arrived at the Office of State Revenue to collect the cheques for banking, which had already been signed out to another security guard.
When immediate confirmation by the security firm of the identity of the person who had collected the banking was not possible, police were called to investigate a potential theft.
The cheques in question were made out to the Office of State Revenue and clearly marked non negotiable. No cash was involved.
Contact with financial institutions was made to ensure the register of cheques collected was immediately the subject of notification.
Precautions were immediately put into place by Treasury for the cheques to be cancelled while Office of State Revenue staff, bank staff, security staff and police investigated the matter.
Because of the high level monitoring of the secure area, police were able to identify from video recordings the first person who had collected the banking.
The person was identified as an employee of the security firm and was located last night.
Enquiries established that the cheques had been banked and a work order for the security firm engaged to collect and deposit the cheques had been duplicated.
Police are satisfied the matter has been resolved and that no criminal offence took place.
Mr Fraser has ordered an immediate and sweeping review of security procedures within the Office of State Revenue, including a review of the contract with the private security firm.
Media Contact: Chris Taylor 0419 710 874