Former NDIS provider charged over alleged $859,000 siphoning spree, ASIC says

Australia’s corporate regulator has laid charges against a former director of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider, alleging a years-long pattern of dishonesty and non-compliance. The case could sharpen scrutiny of governance failures in disability services and raise fresh questions for insurers underwriting the sector. 

Following an investigation, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges that between September 2019 and July 2022, Byson James Kete Turner from Western Australia used his position as a director of Links Support and Consulting Services to unlawfully make 2,782 separate transfers totalling $858,948 from Links to accounts in his name. ASIC said the alleged destination accounts included Sportsbet, Apple, TABTouch, NetLotto, LottoGo, Lotterywest, Oz Lotto, and Plus500AU. Links Support operated as an unregistered provider of services under the NDIS.

In a media release, ASIC said Turner is charged with dishonestly using his position as a director and with failing to comply with a requirement to appear for an examination with the regulator.

While the alleged transactions are a corporate law matter before the courts, the case lands squarely in the operational risk heartland of the insurance industry and are the kind of scenario that can quickly cascade into disputes and notifications across multiple policy lines, including professional indemnity, D&O, management liability, crime, and fidelity-style exposures, as well as complicating insolvency and claims recovery pathways.

Allegations include missed ASIC examinations, with court date set

ASIC also alleged Turner failed to comply with a requirement made under the ASIC Act to attend two separate ASIC examinations. Turner appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court on 6 February 2026, and the matter has been adjourned until 17 April 2026. The matter is being prosecuted by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (CDPP).

ASIC set out the maximum penalties that apply to the alleged offences. For the alleged offences ASIC said the maximum penalty is 15 years’ imprisonment, a fine of 4,500 penalty units, or both. For the alleged offences contrary to the ASIC Act, ASIC noted the maximum penalty is two years’ imprisonment, a fine of 240 penalty units, or both.

ASIC said that Links Support was placed under the control of a liquidator in February 2023.