The alleged mastermind of a multimillion-dollar kickback scandal, who had been on the run from police for months, is finally set to be grilled on Tuesday morning at an anti-corruption inquiry.

Dressed in greens and unshaven, the now sacked Transport for NSW officer Ibrahim Helmy was driven in an unmarked Corrective Services four-wheel drive vehicle into the basement car park of the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s building in Sydney on Tuesday.

Helmy, who was handcuffed, was escorted by Corrective Services officers into a side room ahead of the hearing starting at 10am.

After four months on the run from police, Helmy was arrested on September 26 at a unit block in Lakemba in south-western Sydney, and detained until his appearance at the ICAC inquiry, which has now resumed a

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