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The former director of an Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider is facing a possible 15 years in prison for allegedly misusing $858,000 of company funds.
The defendant, Byson James Kete Turner (Byson James Kete Attrill-Green), is a former director of Links Support and Consulting Services Pty Ltd. (Links), an NDIS provider, and charged with offenses related to transactions involving gambling, lottery, and trading platforms.
Turner is accused of diverting the funds to alleged betting accounts
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is investigating Turner’s account activity.
As a result of ASIC findingsTurner has been charged with eight counts of dishonestly using his position as a director to gain an advantage, each with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, and two counts of failing to attend a mandatory ASIC examination, each with a maximum penalty of two years in prison.
Allegedly, between September 4, 2019, and July 18, 2022, Turner used his position as a director of Links to “unlawfully make 2,782 separate transfers totaling $858,948 from Links to the following (gambling) accounts in his name,” the ASIC report said.
ASIC alleged ex-NDIS director has multiple gambling accounts
The former director was asked by the regulator to attend separate hearings and failed to do so. The report states that “on 10 May 2024 and 30 May 2024, Mr Turner failed to comply with a requirement made under the ASIC Act to attend two separate ASIC examinations when compelled to do so.”
Turner appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court on February 6, 2026. The matter was adjourned until April 17, 2026, and a case was filed by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (CDPP).
Accounts of the gambling operator Turner led in the holding are included SportsbetApple, TABTouch, NetLotto, LottoGo, Lotterywest, Oz Lotto and Plus500AU. ASIC reported that on February 14, 2023, Links Support and Consulting Services was placed under the control of a liquidator.
Featured image: Byson Turner via LinkedIn
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