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Former ACC Manager sentenced
Tuesday, 15 March 2011, 12:54 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Malcolm David Mason was sentenced today to 11 months home detention in relation to two Crimes Act and one Secret Commissions Act charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) arising from his activities as National Property Manager for the Accident ... More >>
Charges Result In Conviction Of Former Lion Foundation CEO
Monday, 28 February 2011, 6:05 pm | Serious Fraud Office
David John Conroy, former Chief Executive Officer of the Lion Foundation was today found guilty of one count of false accounting and two counts of false accounting by an employee. More >>
Christchurch fraudster sentenced to three years
Friday, 18 February 2011, 1:18 pm | Serious Fraud Office
The charges against Mr Hynes stem from his activities while he was the Managing Director of MacPherson Marine Limited, a marine retailer based in Christchurch. MacPherson Marine Limited went into liquidation soon after Hynes’ actions were discovered. More >>
Former ACC Property Manager pleads guilty to corruption
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 10:53 am | Serious Fraud Office
Malcolm David Mason today pleaded guilty to two Crimes Act and one Secret Commissions Act charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) arising from his activities as National Property Manager for the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). More >>
Sentence of 3 years 3 months in SFO $1.4M fraud
Thursday, 27 January 2011, 1:58 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Martyn Tewsley Scott was today sentenced to three years and three months imprisonment following his guilty plea to seven representative charges of accessing a computer for dishonest purpose, laid by the SFO in September last year. More >>
Guilty plea after SFO investigation into employee theft
Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 4:28 pm | Serious Fraud Office
John William Jackson, a 61 year old South African national, today appeared in the Gore District Court and pleaded guilty to six charges of accessing a computer for dishonest purpose, laid by the SFO in December last year. More >>
Serious Fraud Office: Corporate Criminals Going to Prison
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 4:01 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Two former directors of Five Star Consumer Finance Limited, were today sentenced to prison terms. The sentences related to charges under the Crimes Act brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>
SFO to investigate Gisborne finance company
Friday, 10 December 2010, 12:47 pm | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today announced that they had commenced an investigation into the affairs of Gisborne finance company, Rockforte Finance Limited. More >>
Charges against directors of Capital + Merchant Finance
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 2:33 pm | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today arrested and laid six charges under the Crimes Act against one current and one former Director of Capital+ Merchant Finance Limited (C+MF). More >>
SFO lay charges in alleged $15M fraud
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 12:41 pm | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today laid 87 charges under the Crimes Act against Michael John Bradley and Jacqueline Lyndsay Bradley, the co-directors of B’On Financial Services Ltd (B’On), for what is alleged to be the defrauding of approximately ... More >>
3 years imprisonment for defrauding finance company of $3.7m
Friday, 3 December 2010, 2:42 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Alan Edwards Wycherley was sentenced in the Wellington District Court on 2 December 2010 to three years imprisonment and ordered to pay $30,000. The sentence resulted from a conviction on one charge of conspiracy to use documents to defraud laid by ... More >>
Guilty plea in relation to $2million SFO fraud charges
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 5:07 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Ian Victor Petersen, a 61 year old man from Waikanae, pleaded guilty today in the Porirua District Court to 13 counts of theft by a person required to account, 19 counts of theft by person in special relationship, one count of using a document ... More >>
3 years 8 months sentence in Green Acres franchise fraud
Monday, 29 November 2010, 5:56 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Keith Lapham was today sentenced to three years and eight months imprisonment following his guilty plea in respect of three charges of obtaining by deception brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). More >>
SFO confirms Hanover Finance investigation
Monday, 29 November 2010, 10:45 am | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today confirmed that it had been conducting an investigation into the affairs of Hanover Finance Limited for past 3 months. More >>
Second guilty plea in Five Star Finance case
Friday, 26 November 2010, 4:35 pm | Serious Fraud Office
A second Five Star Finance defendant has plead guilty to charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Nicholas George Kirk, a former director of Five Star Consumer Finance Limited (Five Star) today pleaded guilty to charges of theft by a person ... More >>
Insufficient evidence to progress SFO investigation into VTL
Friday, 26 November 2010, 4:34 pm | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today announced that it had been unable to secure sufficient evidence to enable it to lay charges against the Vending Technologies Limited (VTL) Group directors or management, and had closed the investigation. More >>
Custodial sentence for National Finance defendant
Friday, 26 November 2010, 12:42 pm | Serious Fraud Office
John Gray, the former Accountant for National Finance 2000 Limited (National Finance) was today sentenced to a term of 18 months imprisonment. Mr Gray has indicated that he will appeal the decision not to grant him home detention in relation to his sentence, ... More >>
SFO lays corruption charges in ACC investigation
Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 11:48 am | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today announced that it had laid eight charges against Malcolm David Mason and another individual (whose name is suppressed), relating to a series of corrupt property transaction involving the Accident Compensation Corporation ... More >>
SFO lays charges in North Shore City Council corruption case
Monday, 22 November 2010, 2:57 pm | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced today that it had laid over 300 charges against Hemant Kumar Maharaj, 57, and Suresh Din, 56, both of Auckland. More >>
SFO secures conviction on $13M fraud charges
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 1:56 pm | Serious Fraud Office
Raghu Srinivas Aryasomayajula, was today found guilty in the District Court at Auckland of two charges of Obtaining by Deception. More >>
