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Final guilty plea completes Gisborne finance company case

Thursday, 3 October 2013, 4:09 pm | Serious Fraud Office

Nigel Brent O’Leary (57), a former director of Rockforte Finance Limited (Rockforte), entered guilty pleas in the Wellington High Court today to Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charges. More >>

Corrupt City Council Employee Imprisoned

Thursday, 3 October 2013, 11:27 am | Serious Fraud Office

Hemant Kumar Maharaj and Suresh Din were today sentenced in the Auckland District Court for corruptly obtaining public funds from the North Shore City Council. More >>

Another Gisborne finance company guilty plea

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:29 pm | Serious Fraud Office

John Patrick Gardner (60), a former director of Rockforte Finance Limited (Rockforte), has entered a guilty plea in the Gisborne High Court today. The plea relates to five Crimes Act charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>

Gisborne finance company director receives home detention

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 11:18 am | Serious Fraud Office

Former director of Rockforte Finance Limited (Rockforte), Colin Mark Simpson (52) was sentenced today in the Wellington High Court to 11 months home detention and 200 hours of community work. More >>

Guilty Plea For Multiple Fraud Charges

Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 2:13 pm | Serious Fraud Office

John Grant Fagan (54) has entered a guilty plea in the Palmerston North District Court to charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).  More >>

SFO concludes investigation into Taupo District Council

Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 2:56 pm | Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has completed and closed an investigation into the Taupo District Council and referred the matter to the Office of the Auditor General. More >>

Joint investigation results in charges

Thursday, 5 September 2013, 11:49 am | Serious Fraud Office

Following a joint investigation into the activities of Auckland based company Strategic Planning Group Limited (SPG), the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) have laid charges against former financial adviser Andrew Hrothgar ... More >>

Corruption investigation leads to SFO charges

Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 10:20 am | Serious Fraud Office

Peter John Scutts (58) has appeared in the Auckland District Court today to face 16 Crimes Act charges of dishonestly using a document and one Secret Commissions Act charge of receiving secret reward for procuring contracts. The charges have been ... More >>

Guilty plea in Gisborne finance company investigation

Monday, 2 September 2013, 10:14 am | Serious Fraud Office

Former director of Rockforte Finance Limited (Rockforte), Colin Mark Simpson (52) has entered guilty pleas in the Gisborne High Court to nine counts of fraud laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>

Guilty Pleas to SFO Mortgage Fraud Charges

Thursday, 29 August 2013, 4:53 pm | Serious Fraud Office

Three defendants in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecution have today pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court to Crimes Act charges for their roles in a complex series of mortgage frauds. More >>

David Ross pleads guilty

Thursday, 29 August 2013, 10:38 am | Serious Fraud Office

Wellington financial adviser David Robert Gilmour Ross (63) today pleaded guilty in the Wellington District Court to charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA). More >>

Final sentence handed down in Five Star Consumer affair

Thursday, 22 August 2013, 11:53 am | Serious Fraud Office

Neill Allan Williams has today received a sentence of five years’ imprisonment following the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into Five Star Consumer Finance Limited (Five Star). More >>

Sentence announced in Cheng Qi Wang fraud case

Monday, 12 August 2013, 11:04 am | Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced that Cheng Qi (Chris) Wang (54) has been sentenced to two years and nine months’ imprisonment for dishonestly using a document and money laundering. More >>

SFO charges former lawyer with investment theft

Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 4:02 pm | Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced that 33 criminal charges have been laid against former Dunedin lawyer John David Milne (78) in the Christchurch District Court. More >>

SFO withdraws one South Canterbury Finance charge

Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 10:53 am | Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office today announced it was withdrawing a charge of false accounting previously laid against the former Chief Financial Officer of South Canterbury Finance Limited, Graeme Brown. More >>

Forex trader guilty of theft and dishonesty

Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:29 pm | Serious Fraud Office

Rene Alan Chalmers (42) has today pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court to 14 Crimes Act charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The charges were theft by person in special relationship, dishonestly taking or using a document and false ... More >>

Joint agencies achieve first guilty plea in invoice scam op

Friday, 26 July 2013, 12:01 pm | Serious Fraud Office

One of the defendants arrested in October last year in a major joint enforcement agency operation lead by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has pleaded guilty. More >>

Guilty pleas in Five Star Finance investigation

Thursday, 27 June 2013, 3:16 pm | Serious Fraud Office

Neill Allan Williams (80), a key management figure at Five Star Consumer Finance Limited (Five Star), has today pleaded guilty in the Auckland High Court to two charges of theft by person in special relationship under section 220 of the Crimes Act 1961. More >>

SFO charges laid in another mortgage fraud

Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 12:36 pm | Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has laid charges against Ramni Kumar (45) and Vicki Ravana Letele (32) in the Manukau District Court today. More >>

Home Detention for commercial corruption

Friday, 14 June 2013, 4:31 pm | Serious Fraud Office

Former Commercial Property Manager, Christopher David Green (66) has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court today to five months’ home detention. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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