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ACC may review Kristin Dunne-Powell's file in the light of Tony Veitch's admission that he assaulted her.
There is no confirmation that Ms Dunne-Powell gave any false information when she received medical treatment, but given the statement Veitch gave yesterday, a spokesman for the Accident Compensation Corporation said the case would probably be looked into again.
The spokesman said it would, however, probably not be an issue as Ms Dunne-Powell did not appear to have gained financially from ACC.
An unnamed source in the Dominion Post has said that Vetch paid Ms Dunne-Powell to stick to the story that she had fallen on the stairs, after an assault for which she received hospital treatment.
It is not known how much accident compensation Mrs Dunne-Powell received but she was reportedly spent months away from her job as general manager of marketing at Vodafone and later was forced to quit work.
ACC spokesman Laurie Edwards said he had not seen Ms Dunne-Powell's file.
He said that although it was an offence to mislead ACC, it theoretically did not matter how a person received their injuries as ACC run on a "no faults scheme".
"Whether she fell down the stairs or something else happened we just look at the injuries and what we need to do to help her recover," he said.
"Of course it's important you give us accurate information. I would imagine that in the light of what's come out, we would go back and look at the information she gave us.
"But based on what we've heard so far, I don't think it would change what she received from us."
The ACC website lists "Misrepresenting their accident and/or injury" as an example of fraud.
Penalties include: criminal prosecution, civil proceedings, debt recovery and penalties, complaints to professional bodies, removal of billing privileges, monitoring and censorship.
ACC fraud investigators are based throughout New Zealand and a variety of detection methods are used including audits, reviews, surveys and interviews.
