Tag: Serious Fraud Office

A former Auckland Council building inspector has pleaded guilty to bribery and corruption charges. Appearing in the Manukau District Court, Nicholas Bright admitted to 21...

One of the local parents behind an effort to have educational travel company Actura New Zealand placed into liquidation says she wants to see...

A roading subcontractor who admitted giving bribes in exchange for being awarded road maintenance work has been sentenced to 12 months’ home detention and...

The law enforcement agency that laid charges against seven people over political donations is defending its decision to prosecute after the Court of Appeal...

Two Auckland men from Flat Bush have been sentenced to prison after being found guilty of charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)...

A woman who took part in a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme with her husband and another couple was sentenced on Friday to 12 months'...

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is explaining its decision to lay criminal charges over political donations after achieving convictions against just three of the...

Former Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has been found not guilty of charges laid over two large donations made to the National Party. Justice Ian Gault...

An expert in Chinese languages has given evidence in a trial relating to alleged wrongdoing over election donations. Dr Hui Ling Xu teaches Mandarin as...

A second person last week pleaded guilty in an on-going $8.7 million mortgage fraud case brought by the Serious Fraud Office. The SFO has brought...

A defence lawyer has vigorously questioned a key Crown witness in a trial over election donations made to New Zealand's two largest political parties. On...

The details of trips to China by a New Zealand politician have been discussed in a trial relating to election donations. Seven defendants including disgraced...

An interview disgraced former Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross did with police during his falling out with the National Party in 2018 has been played...

A man who held a key role with the Labour Party has testified in court about an art auction the party held prior to...

Seven people are defending charges in an Auckland High Court trial relating to alleged wrongdoing over large donations made to political parties. Among the defendants...

A Flat Bush property investor charged with fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in home loans has pleaded guilty at the Auckland District Court. The Serious...

Three criminal trials with links to east Auckland are set to be held during 2022. The first is scheduled to begin on March 7 at...

Botany MP and new National Party leader Christopher Luxon has announced a reshuffle of his MPs' portfolios and parliamentary rankings. He says the new party...

The defendants charged over election donations to New Zealand's two major political parties will now be tried together. A ruling by Auckland High Court Justice...

A new trial date has been set for the four defendants in the National Party donations case. Disgraced former Independent Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross and...

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is declining to comment on why the criminal trial of the four men accused in the National Party donations...

The criminal trial of the four accused in the National Party donations case has been adjourned. A staff member at the Auckland High Court told...

A new prosecutor has been appointed to lead the Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) ongoing legal battle against the four defendants in the National Party...

Independent Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has been stopped by the High Court from publishing sensitive documents sent to him in error by the Serious...

Independent Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross appeared in the Auckland High Court this morning (July 8) for a pre-trial review hearing on charges related to...

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross appeared in Auckland District Court on Tuesday, February 25 to answer charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office in relation...

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross is one of four men charged by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over allegations about two $100,000 donations to the...

Crime  The Serious Fraud Office filed criminal charges today against four people in relation to donations paid into a National Party electorate bank account. Last year...

A Half Moon Bay foreign exchange broker who defrauded his clients of more than $7 million has been sentenced to six years and three months’...

A Half Moon Bay foreign exchange trader has pleaded not guilty to running a Ponzi scheme to defraud his clients of more than $7...