19 December 2023
Unlicensed locksmith fined
Unlicensed locksmith Peter John Upton has been fined $7,000 and issued a two-year community corrections order for offences related to carrying on unlicensed locksmith activities.
SLED Investigators found evidence that Upton had received payment for carrying on unlicensed locksmith activities between 10 October 2021 and 10 October 2022 despite the revocation of his security operative and Master licences on 5 October 2021.
It was found Upton had charged private individuals as well as strata and other companies for a range of locksmith services including supplying locks, supplying restricted cylinders keyed to master key systems, supplying and cutting security and master keys, servicing and adjusting locks, latches and mechanisms, rekeying lock cylinders, repairing locks and unlocking services.
Investigators also found Upton had been advertising locksmith services up until 16 February 2023.
Upton was convicted in court of carrying on a security activity without a licence and advertising security services without holding the appropriate licence.
He was also convicted of obstructing or failing to comply with an Enforcement Officer after he failed to provide invoices on request and refused to answer questions in an interview with an Enforcement Officer.
19 December 2023
Company fined for unlawfully providing persons to carry on security activities
SLED has fined Soclean Pty Ltd $11,000 for unlawfully providing persons to carry on security activities.
It was found Soclean Pty Ltd did not hold a NSW security Master licence when it unlawfully provided persons to carry on security activities at Menai Marketplace Shopping Centre between February and April 2023.
It is an offence under the Security Industry Act 1997 to provide persons to carry on security activities without holding a security Master licence.
9 November 2023
Failure to disclose yourself as a close associate has consequences
On 1 June 2023, SLED revoked Mr Fahid Diab Jaleel Al Qayem’s Class 1AC security licence.
Mr Al Qayem appealed the revocation in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, but the case was dismissed on 23 October 2023.
SLED had information that Mr Al Qayem was an undisclosed close associate for a number of businesses that applied for a security Master licence between 2020 and 2022. Mr Al Qayem was not eligible to be a close associate due to his previous involvement in the security company Oz Wide Security Pty Ltd, which went into external administration.
Mr Al Qayem also failed to attend an interview to answer questions related to the businesses for which he was an undisclosed close associate.
As a result, Mr Al Qayem’s security operative licence was revoked on the grounds that he was not a fit and proper person, and that it was not in the public interest for him to continue to hold a security licence.