Bob Shibuya, the former chief executive of UGL Limited's property services business has added to his claims that UGL "cooked the books," now accusing the group of unfairly denying himself and other executives of bonus payments that were subsequently accounted for illegally, The Australian reports.
According to the newspaper, Mr Shibuya's lawyer said yesterday his client had evidence that proved he was unfairly denied payments.
"On the issue of DTZ not meeting its budgets, we are happy to rely on UGL's public filings and internal documents which will conclusively answer this issue," he said.
Mr Shibuya, who left UGL Property Services (now DTZ) in September last year, included the allegations of "cooking the books" and claims of racial discrimination amid an unfair dismissal claim filed in California last week.
In a short statement yesterday UGL said the claims of financial manipulation and discrimination made by Mr Shibuya are "completely baseless", noting "they are made in the context of a claim for monetary compensation for dismissal by a former employee."
The Australian reports UGL chief executive Richard Leupen labelled the claims as "extortionate".