Serious Fraud Office - Latest News [Page 12]
Gold trader untruthful with investors
Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 9:46 am | Serious Fraud Office
The Director of Grace Holdings NZ Limited (Grace NZ), Kairuaiti Tangata Oropai Robert Kairua (55), has pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court to charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>
Sentenced for theft of client funds
Friday, 19 June 2015, 12:31 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Linnet Lewis has today been sentenced to five years and five months’ imprisonment in the High Court at Rotorua. Ms Lewis pleaded guilty to 16 charges of theft by a person in a special relationship in May 2015. A Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation ... More >>
Final sentences in joint agency operation
Friday, 12 June 2015, 4:13 pm | Serious Fraud Office
A major joint enforcement agency operation led by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has concluded today with the sentencing of Noelene Kay Banton and Johannes Hendrik Maria Middeldorp in the High Court at Wellington. More >>
CEO guilty of corruption
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 3:12 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Peter John Scutts (59) was found guilty in the Auckland High Court today following a prosecution by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). He has been found guilty of 17 fraud charges. Mr Scutts was CEO of the New Zealand Wine Company Limited (NZWC) between ... More >>
SFO lays charges alleging immigration bribes
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 11:04 am | Serious Fraud Office
Corruption and bribery charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) against a former immigration official and his associate were before the Auckland District Court today. More >>
Director pleads guilty to SFO charges
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 12:36 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Strategic Planning Group Director pleads guilty to SFO charges Andrew Hrothgar Robinson (42) has entered guilty pleas in the Auckland High Court today to charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Following investigations by the SFO and the Financial ... More >>
Lead offender sentenced in Operation Edit
Friday, 8 May 2015, 11:21 am | Serious Fraud Office
Anthony John Hendon (54) has been sentenced today in the High Court at Wellington following a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecution. More >>
Final verdicts in joint agency operation
Thursday, 7 May 2015, 4:25 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Guilty verdicts have been handed down in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecution in the High Court at Wellington today. More >>
Guilty of theft of client funds
Monday, 4 May 2015, 3:19 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Guilty of theft of client funds Linnet Lewis, has pleaded guilty in the Rotorua District Court today to 16 charges of theft by a person in a special relationship. A Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation resulted in criminal charges being laid against ... More >>
Three charged with corruption and bribery
Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 10:47 am | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has laid charges against three individuals in relation to allegations of bribery worth more than $1 million involving previous employees of Auckland Transport and Rodney District Council. More >>
Home detention for dishonest business activity
Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 9:18 am | Serious Fraud Office
Glenda Mary Wynyard has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court to eight months of home detention. On 27 March, Ms Wynyard was found guilty of 11 Crimes Act charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) following a five-week trial. The former director ... More >>
Alex Swney pleads guilty to SFO fraud charge
Tuesday, 21 April 2015, 12:16 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Alex Swney, former Chief Executive of Heart of the City, has appeared in the Auckland District Court to answer a charge brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) of dishonestly using documents to obtain $2.5 million. More >>
Media agency director found guilty of fraud
Friday, 27 March 2015, 2:36 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Glenda Mary Wynyard (49) has been found guilty in the Auckland District Court today of eleven out of thirteen Crimes Act charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>
Man charged for alleged attempt to bribe council
Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 11:54 am | Serious Fraud Office
Auckland resident, Johnson Yuejun Li (48) has appeared in the Auckland District Court today on a charge of corruption and bribery of an official laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>
Joint investigation guilty plea
Tuesday, 10 February 2015, 11:01 am | Serious Fraud Office
Anthony John Hendon (54) has pleaded guilty today in the High Court at Wellington to 24 charges of reproducing documents with intent to cause loss and has been remanded on bail for sentencing. More >>
Lawyer sentenced in South Canterbury case
Friday, 12 December 2014, 1:51 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Former South Canterbury Finance Limited (South Canterbury) Director and Lawyer Edward Oral Sullivan has been sentenced in the High Court at Timaru today to 12 months’ home detention and 400 hours of community work. More >>
Lawyer jailed for fraud against loyal clients
Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 1:37 pm | Serious Fraud Office
John David Milne (79) has been sentenced to eight years and one month of imprisonment today in the Christchurch District Court following a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecution. More >>
Insurance broker imprisoned for fraud
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 12:00 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Grant Malcolm Herbert (62) has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court today to four years and six months’ imprisonment following a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecution. More >>
South Canterbury Finance verdicts released
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 11:15 am | Serious Fraud Office
Verdicts have been handed down by the High Court at Timaru today by His Honour Justice Heath following the conclusion of the South Canterbury Finance Limited (South Canterbury) trial. More >>
Lawyer guilty of conducting investment theft
Monday, 6 October 2014, 4:03 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Former Dunedin lawyer, John David Milne (79) has today pleaded guilty in the Christchurch District Court to 34 Crimes Act charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The charges relate to Mr Milne eliciting money from clients or associates on the premise ... More >>