A former Service NSW employee accused of sharing personal data allegedly used to facilitate the kidnapping and torture of a Sydney man has been granted bail.
Sira Elkheir, 21, was arrested in a Greenacre car park on Wednesday morning and charged over her alleged involvement in the incident that took place last month.
Peter Vuong was allegedly abducted by a group of armed men from a Smithfield home on March 9, before being taken to a house in Belmore, where he was tortured for six days.
Police allege the 26-year-old was tied up, had his teeth forcibly removed and a pistol placed in his mouth by a criminal group intending to extort money from him or his associates.
He was rescued when tactical officers stormed the property on March 14.
Ms Elkheir was arrested about 11am on Wednesday, as part of ongoing investigations into the incident under Strike Force Kkuoa.
She has been charged with participating in a criminal group, accessing and modifying restricted data, unauthorised function with intent serious offence and detain in company with intent to ransom occasioning actual bodily harm.
The court heard that on February 20, Ms Elkheir allegedly used her work computer to access the personal details of Mr Vuong's father, who owned a car driven by him, as well as Tran Dinh, whose wife was friends with the victim's family.
Mr Vuong and Mr Trinh are not accused of wrongdoing.
The court was told in early March, Mr Vuong was followed by offenders to his driveway and received a broken eye socket.
Police allege that 11 hours after the March 9 kidnapping took place, Ms Elkheir allegedly accessed the driver's licence photographs of Mr Dinh's wife.
During their demands for ransom, the alleged kidnappers sent Mr Dinh and his wife's driver's licence photographs, the court heard.
Ms Elkheir's barrister Troy Edwards SC told the court against his client the "Crown's case is extremely weak" and that she was not in company with anyone.
He said Ms Elkheir had "previous good character" and "strong community ties".
"It could be that she accessed them [the personal details] as a favour, without turning her mind to what the information would be used for," he said.
In granting bail, Magistrate Elaine Truscott said there was no evidence she had any criminal associates, and accepted that had strong connections to family.
She said there was also no evidence Ms Elkheir had knowledge of what happened to Mr Vuoung, or intended for the alleged kidnapping to occur.
Ms Elkheir's father agreed to lodge a $300,000 bond to help secure bail.
As part of her bail conditions, Ms Elkheir needs to report to police and reside at her Yagoona home.
Her matter was adjourned until June.
Six men, aged 19 to 21, were previously charged with offences including aggravated break and enter, grievous bodily harm and detain in company with intent to ransom.
They remain before the courts.
Investigations continue.
