It was alleged that Maguire had acted on behalf of a "mega big" Chinese client, asking for help in buying into development-approved projects, in return for a commission from the developer for both himself and Hawatt.

[8] As a consequence, Maguire resigned from the Liberal Party, and from his roles Parliamentary Secretary for the Centenary of ANZAC, Counter Terrorism, Corrections and Veterans.

[13] Appearing before the ICAC on 14 October 2020, Maguire admitted that he used his position as a Member of Parliament and as a Parliamentary Secretary to make money for himself and his associates.

[14][15] Appearing before the same ICAC inquiry, Gladys Berejiklian, then Premier of New South Wales, agreed that she had been in a "close personal relationship" with Maguire from 2015 until August 2020.

Berejiklian later quit as Premier after the wiretaps exposed her failure to report his potential corrupt statements, as she was formally obligated breaching the Ministerial Code Of Conduct included in the ICAC Act by failing to declare their "intimate personal relationship" to avoid a conflict of interest, and also failing to report his statements to ICAC.