Four days into giving evidence under objection at a corruption inquiry after police found him hiding in a cupboard, a transport official accused of running a kickback scheme claimed "not every single thing" he did was improper.

But even he knows that's hard to believe.

Ibrahim Helmy is not the first Transport for NSW official to be accused of manipulating procurement and contract processes for corrupt benefit.

The state's Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry is the fourth since 2019.

The 38-year-old was in hiding when hearings began in July, with a warrant out for his arrest since May.

Police found him in a cupboard in September.

The inquiry heard on Friday he sent confidential documents to one contractor he later received payments from, helping them finalise a bid for t

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