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22 November, 2024
Company investigated by auditors
United Petroleum has appointed a third party accounting firm to conduct an audit of the company responsible for operations of United Kilcoy.
United has been contacted by former staff in relation to alleged cash payments and misconduct.
United Petroleum chief executive officer, David Szymczak, said his company was taking “these allegations very seriously”.
“This accounting firm is a specialist in wage payment investigations, and have requested all the information necessary from Ring Pty Ltd,” he said.
“The accounting firm is also contacting the previous employee to obtain background and any information that that person has that will assist in their investigation.”
This comes a few weeks after The Sentinel reported about other former employees reaching out to share their experiences, including also being allegedly paid cash.
It is understood that only one of these went through with filing a formal complaint with United afterwards, despite being given the necessary information to assist in the investigation.
