Arabic version: هيئة الرقابة على نظام التأمين الوطني للإعاقة تحقق في مزاعم شراء مزود خدمات في فيكتوريا

According to ABC News, the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission is investigating allegations that directors of banned Perth provider Adachi Disability Services bought a Victorian NDIS business using Adachi funds. No charges have been laid.

Adachi was banned in February 2024. Liquidator Andrew Yeo of Pitcher Partners reported that directors Adrian and Chiedza Mtungwazi allegedly used company funds to purchase Daily Living Disability Services in Traralgon in April 2024, despite the ban. The report said the purchase was structured so neither would appear as a director or shareholder in ASIC records, while they were intended to be the ultimate owners.

Mr Yeo reported Adachi had a $6.8 million debt and that the couple took director loans of $2.3 million. He alleged company money was used for personal assets including a Ferrari, while funds were sent to overseas accounts. His investigation indicated Adrian Mtungwazi may also have provided funds to a Zimbabwe-based football club called Adachi FC.

Daily Living entered liquidation suddenly in March 2026, leaving clients without care and staff without jobs. Its liquidator, Mervyn Kitay of Worrells, estimated two related companies owed more than $920,000 to the Australian Taxation Office and $360,000 to staff for wages, superannuation and leave. Documents seen by the ABC said some employees were owed up to $54,000 each.

Peter Earnshaw said the closure disrupted care for his non-verbal autistic son Liam, who had attended Daily Living for five years. National Disability Services Australia chief executive Michael Perusco said stronger commission powers were overdue, while People with Disabilities Australia president Jarrod Sandell-Hay called for more checks on businesses. Chiedza Mtungwazi declined to comment, and the commission said it could not comment further on active matters.