NSW's corruption watchdog says it passed on information unearthed during its probe of former MP Daryl Maguire to "relevant law enforcement agencies" before he was charged with a visa conspiracy.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption's (ICAC) Operation Keppel investigated the conduct of Mr Maguire during his tenure as the member for Wagga Wagga, which ended in 2018.
ICAC is yet to hand down its final report on Operation Keppel, which, among others things, looked at allegations Mr Maguire was involved in a "cash-for-visas" scheme through a company called G8way International.
Yesterday, Australian Border Force (ABF) confirmed it had charged the 63-year-old with conspiring to commit an offence, alleging it was linked to "visa and migration fraud".
Maggie Logan, formerly known as Maggie Wang, has also been charged with 12 counts of causing the delivery of a document with a false statement under the migration act.
It is alleged the duo furnished visa applications "containing statements or information that was false or misleading" on the Commonwealth, allowing non-citizens to remain in Australia.
Prosecutors allege the scheme stretched from January 2013 to August 2015.
Mr Maguire and Ms Logan are yet to enter pleas to the charges and will next appear before court in February.
The public hearings for Operation Keppel exposed the secret "close personal relationship" between Mr Maguire and former premier Gladys Berejiklian.
They had been overheard speaking via wire taps in place to investigate Mr Maguire's links to another ICAC investigation, Operation Dasha.
"Mr Maguire was a colleague of 15 years. He was someone that I trusted and that developed into a close personal relationship," Ms Berejiklian said at the time.
Giving evidence in November 2020 to the Operation Keppel inquiry, Ms Berejiklian told the inquiry the former MP was in her "love circle" and she had continued to see him until August 2020.
ICAC reopened the hearing in October 2021 to probe whether Ms Berejiklian's relationship with Mr Maguire exposed her to conflicts of interest while in office.
Ms Berejiklian, who stepped down as premier after becoming a subject of the investigation, denies wrongdoing.
There is no suggestion Ms Berejiklian had any involvement in the visa conspiracy alleged against Mr Maguire and Ms Logan.
