Three former Wollongong councillors are due to appear in a Sydney court today to face charges being pursued by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
The ICAC is prosecuting Kiril Jonovski, Zeki Esen and Frank Gigliotti for allegedly providing false or misleading information during its investigations into corruption at Wollongong City Council.
UPDATE: Gigliotti pleads not guilty The former Labour councillors have each been served with court attendance notices after ICAC received new advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Mr Jonovski will be prosecuted for two offences under the ICAC Act - allegedly furnishing false or misleading information and giving false or misleading evidence at a public inquiry.
Mr Esen will face one count of allegedly furnishing false or misleading information and two counts of giving misleading evidence at the inquiry.
Mr Gigliotti is being prosecuted for the same two alleged offences and will face a further three charges - making a false statement to an ICAC officer and two counts of intentionally making a false statement in a statutory declaration.
The charges stem from Commissioner Jerrold Cripps' recommendations last October that 11 people be prosecuted.
The corruption watchdog is also awaiting advice from the DPP on whether to prosecute the other eight individuals that Commissioner Cripps recommended be considered for criminal charges.
Giving false evidence at a public inquiry carries a maximum penalty of five years' jail. Maximum penalties for the other offences are 12 months' jail or a $5500 fine, or four years' jail for making a false statement in a statutory declaration.
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