Oranga Tamariki 'fraud': Woman charged with $2 million scam back in country
Neha Sharma allegedly used forged reference letters to secure a manager's job.
Neha Sharma allegedly used forged reference letters to secure a manager's job.
The IRD and staff are also owned money and the Serious Fraud Office has been alerted.
Three others have pleaded not guilty and are due to stand trial next year.
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Defence counsel for the accused are expecting about 24,000 pages of disclosure.
Some of the money was also lost to fraudulent crypto-trading platforms.
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Pair also face charge of money laundering $791,500.
Just 2.5c in each dollar for hundreds of people defrauded by Ponzi scheme operator.
She helped a council manager dishonestly obtain a $459k contract.
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Two couples bought houses with money obtained through fraudulent mortgage applications.
The Crown described the trio's conduct as 'corrupt' following the SFO investigation.
Pursuing charges not in the public interest, SFO says.
The SFO prosecution involved seven people, including a NZ Order of Merit recipient.
SFO says corruption was worth more than $1 million.
It's the largest sum ever put on the Crown's table in New Zealand.
Fraud investigators claim Auckland man tried conning wage subsidy scheme out of $1.88m.
Obtaining by deception charges to be heard in combined trial.
Two men were accused by the SFO of attempting to conceal nearly $750,000 in donations.
The pair were charged by the SFO just before the 2020 general election.
A group of media companies has for years argued the duo should be identified.
Verdicts in the case are expected to be delivered in the coming week.
MSD targets more for prosecution while the SFO continues to investigate the big fish.
Current rules require public disclosure of donations over $15,000.
The charges are over the construction and funding of a $17m football complex in Auckland.
John Richard Bracken will stay in prison despite begging in tears to be let out.
The SFO charged six people this year over what a judge has called an 'elaborate scheme'.
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The alleged scheme saw millions of dollars in bribes and contracts exchange hands.