A property developer has today admitted offering a $160,000 bribe in return for information about a new ACC branch office.
Gregory Alexander Hutt, 54, pleaded guilty in the High Court at Wellington this morning to one Crimes Act bribery charge brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
Hutt's plea arises from his role in a corruption and bribery case involving the ACC and the successful prosecution and sentencing of co-offender Malcolm David Mason in March last year.
Hutt, a property developer, paid Mason, the former national property manager at ACC, a "corrupt payment" of $160,000 to ensure he gained the opportunity to profit from the construction and leasing of a new ACC branch office in Whangarei.
The SFO welcomed the guilty plea today.