Indian-origin Sydney businessman Amit Sharma has been sentenced to community service after illegally obtaining the personal details of almost 18,500 participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Sharma, 46, pleaded guilty in Parramatta District Court to three counts of soliciting protected Agency information from former National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) employee Leena Kumar.
On Tuesday (26 August), Sharma was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment, to be served under an Intensive Corrections Order, alongside 90 hours of community service and a $1,850 fine.
It is reported that the court heard Sharma, a prominent figure in Sydney’s Indian community who once hosted Bollywood red-carpet events, acquired names and addresses of participants to boost his disability service businesses.
Kumar, who admitted to leaking the data, was sentenced in May 2025 to an Intensive Corrections Order.
Both Sharma and Kumar were issued lifetime bans in November 2023 under the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, prohibiting them from directly or indirectly working in the disability sector or managing NDIS funds, including in a consultancy role.
“We have strengthened our safeguards, tightened access controls and expanded monitoring to ensure participant information is protected at every stage,” Mr McNaughton said.
“We have zero tolerance for any misuse of participant data and will act swiftly, like we did in this matter, against anyone who seeks to exploit participants and the Scheme.”
The case was uncovered by the Fraud Fusion Taskforce — a collaboration of 23 partner agencies led by the NDIA and Australian Federal Police.
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