Thursday, March 1, 2012

WA: Water bills wrong after workers made up figures


AAP General News (Australia)
02-23-2000
WA: Water bills wrong after workers made up figures

In Perth, two subcontractors employed to read water meters have been sacked after being
sprung making up their readings, leading to the generation of thousands of incorrect bills.

Water Corporation managing director JIM GILL says the fraud came to light when it was
discovered one of the meter readers completed hundreds of readings in just two hours,
instead of the eight hours it was expected to take.

Up to 8,000 customers in 10 Perth suburbs are affected, and contractor Fieldforce …

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