Serious Fraud Office - Latest News [Page 14]
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 >>
Prison sentence for forgery and false statements
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 9:42 am | Serious Fraud Office
John Grant Fagan (54) has been sentenced in the Palmerston North District Court to three years and one month imprisonment following a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecution. In September last year, Mr Fagan pleaded guilty to 15 offences under the Crimes Act ... More >>
Invoice scam sentencing
Friday, 19 September 2014, 2:18 pm | Serious Fraud Office
James Stephen Burns (41) has been sentenced in the Wellington District Court today to seven months’ home detention for his part in an advertising invoice scam. More >>
Herbert Insurance Group owner found guilty
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 3:21 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Grant Malcolm Herbert (62), the former owner and director of insurance broking firm Herbert Insurance Group Limited (HIG), has been found guilty of 17 Crimes Act charges and seven Secret Commissions Act charges following a jury trial in the Auckland District ... More >>
SFO lays charges for procurement fraud
Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 2:49 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Two individuals have been charged in the Auckland District Court today with Crimes Act charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office for alleged fraud against Mighty River Power Limited relating to procurement for the Company’s Southdown power station. More >>
Pair sentenced for theft and false statements
Friday, 22 August 2014, 2:25 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Gregory Alan Arnott (51) and Mark James Whelan (41) have been sentenced in the Auckland District Court today following charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>
Joint agency operation receives second guilty plea
Friday, 25 July 2014, 1:35 pm | Serious Fraud Office
James Stephen Burns (41) has pleaded guilty to Crimes Act charges following a major joint enforcement agency operation (Operation Edit) led by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>
Defendant pleads guilty during trial in SFO prosecution
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 5:08 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Mark James Whelan (41) pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court today after giving evidence at his trial. The trial related to a second Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation against Mr Whelan. More >>
Abuse of trust leads to prison sentence
Friday, 13 June 2014, 1:37 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Michelle Roberta Innes (59) has been sentenced today in the Auckland District Court to four years and three months’ imprisonment. More >>
SFO completes Te Pataka Ohanga investigation
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 12:57 pm | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has completed its investigation in relation to allegations of misuse of funds held by Te Pataka Ohanga Limited (TPO). The SFO’s investigation did not disclose any criminal offending and the SFO will not be taking any further ... More >>
Options trader pleads guilty to fraud
Monday, 9 June 2014, 4:05 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Gregory Alan Arnott has entered guilty pleas in the Auckland District Court to 10 Crimes Act charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>
Former gas industry managers imprisoned
Thursday, 29 May 2014, 1:12 pm | Serious Fraud Office
A former Managing Director and a former General Manager from the retail gas industry have been sentenced in the Wellington District Court today in relation to Crimes Act charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>
