Ex-Auckland Council worker denies Chinese tech deal bribery charges
The alleged bribe was to secure a $150,000 Chinese goods contract.
The alleged bribe was to secure a $150,000 Chinese goods contract.
Trevor Lock was jailed for six years for using customer funds for personal expenses.
A cheque for $7500 was allegedly used to bribe a former staff member to award a contract.
Three of Kelvin Wood's investors lost more than $1 million each.
Two men next in court on Friday when the secrecy of their names will be argued.
The charges related to foreign exchange services provided by Forex Brokers Limited.
John Tamihere - who raised the issue - has questioned the speed of the decision.
Former BNZ banker has had his sentencing conditions eased after forfeiting $850,000.
SFO's decision to drop its inquiry into a former Waikato DHB head has prompted an outcry.
Sales pitch included $25m earnings lift, headcount reduction and Government customers.
Extra funding for kōhanga reo, but no decision yet on kōhanga's broader future.
Stephen Henare lied to the Māori Land Court about the money he was stealing.
A brother and sister have been prosecuted after $1m disappeared from a trust account.
Clinicians could abuse their power by pushing patients to private practise. So do they?
The manager at Sir Peter Jackson's company has pleaded not guilty.
Claims Chinese tried to install minister in future government.
When the two firms went into receivership in 2010 investors were owed $17 million.
He was jailed for a decade after defrauding more than 700 clients of $115.5 million.
Peter Dunne makes some stunning allegations about corrupt practices, Bryce Edwards says.
COMMENT: Simon Bridges was subdued and he looked shocked as he talked to journalists.
Jami-Lee Ross complained to police in October over a $100,000 to National.
COMMENT: The referral to the SFO will have hit the National leader like a 10-tonne truck.
Fund agreed to pay up millions of dollars to improve forgotten, weed infested Māori land.
The scheme involved bribing bankers to approve fraudulent home loans.
Wallace "the Tory" Te Ahuru stole $1.2 million to fund his extravagant lifestyle.
Draft says Nigel Murray booked an international flight for a woman using taxpayer money.
David Ross was responsible for defrauding some 700 clients over a 12-year span.
The speculative cannabis industry has claimed its first casualty.
EDITORIAL: New Zealand is not immune to the greed that encourages public malfeasance.