Roading subcontractor who gave bribes for work sentenced to home detention
Three others have pleaded not guilty and are due to stand trial next year.
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.
The former council manager and his associate were sent to jail for corruption and bribery.
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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.
Four charged by SFO in mortgage fraud case.
The start of the joint trial was delayed because of a positive Covid-19.
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'.
Mortgagee sale sees Browns Bay home at centre of SFO investigation go for less than RV.
The alleged scheme saw millions of dollars in bribes and contracts exchange hands.
The investigation focused on fundraising donations that were made in 2016 and 2019.
The ex-worker also allegedly disclosed confidential information to an IT firm.