Full List: OnlyFans user among 133 NDIS providers banned in Australia
A disability carer is one of 133 NDIS providers who have been banned after several OnlyFans videos of her were found. See the full list of who has been axed.
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A disability carer claims she was unfairly banned from working in the NDIS after several OnlyFans videos of her and her client were found on his phone.
Priscilla James, also known as Choi, was permanently banned from providing services to NDIS participants, which includes any personal contact, paid or unpaid, as well as being at or residing at a property funded under an NDIS participant’s plan.
However, Ms James said the client was an ex-boyfriend and the videos were made when they were in a seven-year relationship which ended in 2021.
She said they remained friends, and she was his part-time carer, as well as a real estate agent. She said one of his other carers had found the videos on his phone, sparking an investigation.
“They said there was a conflict of interest,” Ms James said. “They accused me of being a sex provider.”
Ms James, from Queensland, is one of 133 people and companies that have been banned, given compliance notices or had actions taken against them this year by the NDIS watchdog for a variety of reasons.
Among them is Tamara Fox, a former Melbourne prison officer of eight years, according to her LinkedIn.
Ms Fox, who describes herself as an experienced support co-ordinator, was permanently banned from delivering NDIS services, acting as a consultant or an auditor for an NDIS provider.
Her company, Diamond Community Care, was also banned by the watchdog.
We attempted to reach her for comment. The NDIS regulator would not say why she was banned.
Meanwhile, a former president of a Lions club and his wife, a beauty pageant judge, are behind an NDIS company that has been permanently banned by the watchdog.
Ritesh Duggal is the director of Duggal Services Pty Ltd, trading as Healing Hands Complete Care, which was added to the NDIS banned list this month.
His wife Dr Neeraj Duggal was a Labor candidate in last year’s local elections in Sydney.
She has also served on the judging panel of Miss India / Mrs India Worldwide and is described in an online editorial as the chief operating officer of an “esteemed” registered NDIS provider, with 10 group homes across NSW, offering accommodation and day programs.
In internal correspondence seen by this masthead, the company was warned by the commission in 2023 that it had taken on vulnerable clients that required restrictive practices despite not being registered to do so.
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission also had concerns about why it could not find records of staff training for epilepsy, when several clients had the condition.
The commission would not comment on why it banned the company from operating.
The couple, who have not been banned as individuals and are not accused of any criminal wrongdoing, can still work in the NDIS sector.
Dr Duggal took on a short contract with another NDIS provider prior to the company’s banning order to help with the transition of clients.
“We are not one of these dodgy NDIS companies,” Dr Duggal said.
“There was some confusion around the registration.”
She said her husband is not someone who wants to be in the NDIS for “profit and margins” and claimed he hoped to re-enter the NDIS sector.
Mr Duggal was also approached for comment.
In an online biography on a community website, Dr Duggal was described as a public figure, a philanthropist, social worker, and esteemed entrepreneur.
“Her ever-present smile and unwavering commitment to service have endeared her to many, swiftly making her a beloved figure,” the write up said.
“Dr Duggal stands out as an exemplary candidate for public office, poised to advocate for and address the needs of the community as a dedicated councillor.”
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