‘Let me make love to you’: $1000 sex offer revealed in security firm chief’s harassing messages
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The chief executive of a national security company that provides thousands of guards for leading retailers, AFL clubs and major events has allegedly harassed, bullied and intimidated highly vulnerable female employees, some of whom were offered money in exchange for sex.
Micky Ahuja, who is also owner of MA Services Group, is implicated in multiple incidents involving women and alleged impropriety, including hounding a vulnerable single mother for sexual favours offering cash payments of $1000 in return.
“Happy to pay. Asked a zillion times already,” Ahuja messaged Rachael (not her real name) after he learnt she was separating from one of Ahuja’s senior managers, whom she had accused of domestic violence.
When Rachael resisted, Ahuja continued to pressure her, saying in one message: “You’re being stubborn lol.”
In a second case, Ahuja has been accused of serious sexual harassment involving another vulnerable woman who worked for him, Jennifer (not her real name).
Ahuja also allegedly repeatedly offered Jennifer – who reported to him – money in return for sex. A former MA executive linked to the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang is accused of later attempting to discredit the woman by spreading falsehoods.
An MA Services spokesperson said the case was the subject of multiple formal complaints and a “confidential” settlement, albeit one in which Ahuja denied wrongdoing. They said an investigation, which did not interview Jennifer, found the allegations could not be substantiated.
Ahuja is a wealthy and well-connected entrepreneur whose firm supplies security guards and cleaners to multiple universities and schools, including the prestigious Geelong Grammar; retailers including Amazon, Kmart, Coles and Bunnings; AFL clubs including Melbourne and Brisbane; and major events such as Melbourne’s Formula 1 Grand Prix and the Spring Racing Carnival. It has also won lucrative contracts from Commonwealth law enforcement agencies.
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Authorities and liquidators are probing MA Services over suspicions that a network of subcontractors it uses to supply guards and payroll services are involved in large-scale tax evasion and systematic foreign worker exploitation.
MA personnel, and the bikie-linked company Safe Hands, are at the centre of a separate scandal facing Ahuja and involving the delivery of a private security force to Nauru – ultimately paid for by the Australian taxpayer.
The security force was created to protect the Nauruan community from immigration deportees – known as the NZYQ cohort – deemed too dangerous to remain in Australia and who are being gradually deported to the Pacific island.
The controversial arrangement has triggered a parliamentary inquiry, after this masthead’s revelations of MA Services executives’ opaque dealings with the allegedly corrupt Nauruan regime and Safe Hands, which is controlled by the worldwide president of the Finks bikie gang.
Now Ahuja’s dealings with women are under serious scrutiny amid allegations against him that have similarities to other recent corporate scandals involving the mistreatment of women by CEOs.
In addition to the sex-for-payment offers involving Jennifer and Rachael, this masthead has uncovered a third case involving MA Services allegedly sending three of its male managers – including Finks bikie gang associate Tim Jones – to the family home of a female employee Carly (not her real name) when she was on stress leave, to demand the return of her company car and property.
The unannounced visit by Jones and the two men, partly captured on video obtained by this masthead, exacerbated the mental trauma of Carly, who told Ahuja in an email that her “children called me in tears” due to the “distressing and dangerous” conduct of the three men from MA.
Tim Jones, who has managed businesses on behalf of Finks bikie gang boss Ali Bilal and owns the ACT property where Bilal lives.
Jones was the former national health and safety manager for Ahuja and MA Services. But multiple MA insiders have confirmed he leveraged his role at MA to promote labour hire firm Safe Hands – which is controlled by the Finks – in Australia and Nauru. In addition to his visit to Carly’s home, Jones is also accused of seeking to discredit the woman who accused Ahuja of sexual harassment and bullying.
Ahuja’s alleged approaches to vulnerable women under financial pressure are revealed in disappearing Snapchat messages photographed and recently obtained by this masthead.
Ahuja sent them to Rachael, who had recently separated from one of his senior employees. The messages capture him repeatedly pressuring Rachael to engage in a sexual relationship in exchange for money and describing the proposed arrangement as his “little deal”.
“Well I want you. Want to make love, kiss those lips … let’s make a deal?” he said in the messages.
“$1000 for everytime [sic] we catch up. It’s high time now. You don’t have anything to worry about.”
During the conversations with Rachael, Ahuja offered to pay for a babysitter and driver, while bank records show Ahuja transferred $1000 to her account in July 2022, despite Rachael never meeting up with Ahuja. The payment was described as a “refund”.
“I can send Uber … Hotel room So I can finally play with you. Wanted you since the first time I saw you. Let me know … Happy to pay.”
He also paid for a hotel room at Crown for Rachael, but she made an excuse to avoid seeing him.
Ahuja’s messages show he not only knew Rachael was under financial pressure but that she was also alleging Ahuja’s senior employee was engaging in domestic violence.
The male employee, still employed in a senior role at MA Services, was ultimately charged by police for breaching an intervention order (IVO) taken out by Rachael. Court records show he admitted his conduct to avoid a criminal conviction.
Ahuja appears to be aware in his messages that Rachael was dealing with the strain of her separation and the IVO.
“Well we’re in the same boat here. With both having a lot to lose. And a bit to gain,” he said in a message. “Imagine anyone finding out. Sleeping with my employee’s ex. WTF. Come on.”
When Rachael responded that “I’m still legally his wife”, Ahuja responded: “Hahaha there you go. So come see me. Let me make love to you.”
Rachael, who asked to have her identity protected, told this masthead it was deeply distressing that Ahuja had pursued her so aggressively when she was grappling with a marriage breakdown and financial problems.
“How can he close his eyes and sleep at night when he is propositioning a woman with money knowing they are struggling financially and under other pressures? How can he live with himself?” she asked.
Rachael also queried Ahuja’s continued employment of her ex-husband in a senior role, given Ahuja’s interactions with her and her disclosures to Ahuja about the man’s harassment.
In a second case, MA insiders have confirmed Ahuja was accused of sexually harassing an employee this masthead has called Jennifer.
Again, he repeatedly asked her for sex in exchange for money. The MA insiders said Ahuja had badly bullied and intimidated Jennifer and instructed Tim Jones to spread malicious rumours about her.
Victoria’s workplace health and safety regulator was also tipped off about Ahuja’s allegedly improper conduct in Jennifer’s case.
MA Services insiders said an external investigation conducted at the request of the company, but relied only on information provided by Ahuja and Jones. Jennifer refused to be interviewed.
Jones left MA Services in June and court records reveal that while he has no criminal record, his bikie gang associates have been convicted of violence and domestic violence.
In a statement, a spokesperson for MA Services said, “an employee (at the time) made a complaint to WorkSafe Victoria alleging to have been subject to unlawful conduct by Mr Ahuja”.
The employee had also applied to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) alleging breaches of the Sex Discrimination Act, the company said.
“MA Services engaged an independent investigator to conduct an investigation into the allegations made to WorkSafe Victoria and that were the subject of the AHRC application and no findings of unlawful conduct were substantiated. The AHRC matter was resolved on a confidential basis.”
In a statement, Ahuja denied ever making demands of sex for money or harassing or bullying any female staff. Jones did not respond to requests for comment.
Another woman – Annie (not her real name) – who also reported to Ahuja at MA was allegedly sexually harassed by him after a work function.
Annie made notes of the incident at the time and told friends her dealings with Ahuja were deeply traumatic and his conduct and treatment of her was appalling.
The suspected mistreatment of a female MA Services employee who this masthead is calling Carly also involves a highly vulnerable woman.
She was on stress leave in 2024 after refusing demands from Jones that MA engage Safe Hands, the subcontractor closely aligned with Jones and controlled by Finks outlaw bikie gang boss Ali Bilal.
Leaked documents reveal that in February, Carly emailed Ahuja asking for an urgent explanation after Jones and two other burly MA managers arrived at her family home, confronted her children and demanded the return of her work car and property.
“I am writing to express my absolute outrage and disgust regarding the intimidating and inappropriate actions that took place at my home,” Carly wrote to Ahuja.
“Large men, claiming to represent MA Services, showed up unannounced at my door. The sudden and aggressive visit was humiliating and terrifying.
“My children were frightened, my neighbours were alarmed, and I was left feeling like I was being treated as a criminal. I was in a state of shock and distress throughout the encounter, and my mental health, already fragile due to my current stress leave, has been significantly worsened. This is harassment and intimidation, plain and simple.”
In a second email, Carly told Ahuja the situation at her home had “escalated drastically. Just a short while ago, my children called me in tears.
“I cannot overstate how distressing and dangerous this situation has become. My children are home alone, terrified, and being subjected to further harassment and intimidation. This is unacceptable. I am now deeply fearful for their safety and cannot comprehend how MA Services finds this behaviour justifiable.”
A photo of the MA Services trio who visited the house – obtained by this masthead – was briefly posted online by one of the men with a phrase roughly translating as: “Don’t confuse us with those who back down.”
Tim Jones with two other men involved in the visit to the MA employee’s house.
MA did not answer questions about Carly’s accusations.
Several other women have left MA Services Group amid claims they were bullied by Ahuja, sources speaking anonymously about confidential information said.
One former employee, Meredith (not her real name), said she was bombarded with SMS messages from Ahuja on weekends and outside work hours.
“He would love bomb you initially, but then he would start to manipulate you and if you didn’t allow yourself to be manipulated, well that’s when the trouble starts.
“Mickey is very erratic, he’s like Jekyll and Hyde. You cannot have a conversation with him and if he doesn’t agree he goes berserk, yells, shouts and slams the phone,” Meredith said.
She said MA paid generously, with Ahuja demanding complete loyalty in return.
“There’s a lot of swearing, he’s in a rage and a lot of the time you don’t know what sets him off. He just goes into an absolute rage (he says) ‘this is my f—ing business’ and slams down the phone,” she said.
“He was constantly sending text messages at all hours and over the weekend wanting to know what I was doing.”
“Behind the scenes everyone who works there is living in fear. He would lie during presentations and say he has this massive workforce when he doesn’t. He exaggerates a lot. He does all the talking, all the presentations.”
She says he pays high salaries, sometimes funding holidays and providing high-end cars – he gave one operations manager a Range Rover.
“His staff are all enablers and say: ‘yes Micky, no Micky’.”
