A man who was meant to be providing staff for Managed Isolation Quarantine facilities has allegedly fraudulently obtained nearly $1.5 million from the Ministry of Health.
The man, who has name suppression, was employed by a District Health Board in the North Island and was responsible for arranging staff at MIQ facilities.
It is alleged he created a company and invoiced the DHB on 12 occasions between January and May this year for services that purportedly involved staffing and logistics in managing those Covid quarantine facilities.
The Crown alleges that the DHB payments made to the defendant's company were meant to be paid to organisations that had actually provided the staff and done the work. But it's alleged none of them received any money.
The man faces 12 charges of obtaining by deception and according to the summary of facts these relate to invoices he sent to the District Health Board.
