Five South Australian public servants have been charged with dishonesty following an investigation by the state’s Independent Commission Against Corruption.

The five men were charged with 31 counts of dishonesty and one count of breaching the Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability Act) 1995 last month, according to a statement released by SA ICAC commissioner Bruce Lander QC on Tuesday.

The alleged offences occurred between October 25, 2012 and January 22, 2015. Charges were laid late last month.

A 44-year-old man from Parkside, a 44-year-old Pooraka man, a 48-year-old man from Wistow, a 57-year-old Coonamia man and a 52-year-old man from Smithfield have been bailed to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court at 10am next Tuesday, March 29.