Pokie case against ex-rugby league boss adjourned

Former New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) boss Graham Carden was today remanded on bail on charges relating to the misuse of poker machine money.

Carden appeared in Porirua District Court today but the case was adjourned until August 25 with bail continuing.

Carden faces 126 charges of fraud, forgery and misappropriation of poker machine money.

Carden - a Wellington rugby league coach - was the head of the NZRL in the 1990s.

- NZPA