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Qld education dept fraud accused in court
Three people have faced court over multiple fraud offences allegedly committed while they were worked at Queensland’s education department.
August 13, 2019
Three people have faced court accused of dishonestly obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars while working for the Queensland Education Department.
Sarah Regina Esposo, Roland Hirokazu Simons and Michael John Pomplun, both 47, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
They face charges related to dishonestly benefiting as employees between 2015 and 2018 following a joint investigation by the department and the Crime and Corruption Commission.
Esposo, 37, of West End, is charged with misconduct for allegedly promoting school survey business SchoolMeasures.com between September 2015 and June 2018.
She is also accused of fraud worth $30,360 in June 2017.
Simons, 47, of Gordon Park, is charged with eight counts of fraud worth about $375,000 between June 2015 and May 2018.
He is also accused of promoting SchoolMeasures.com.
Pomplun, 47, of Samford, is charged with seven counts of fraud allegedly worth about $315,000 between June 2015 and May 2018.
The trio was granted bail to reappear in the same court next month.
A total of five people have now been charged as a result of the investigation.