18 December 2012
Loizos Michaels (45) has today been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in the Auckland District Court. The sentence is the result of Crimes Act charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in 2009.
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17 December 2012
Marcus Julian Friedlander (58) has been sentenced to seven months Home Detention in the Auckland High Court today.
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14 December 2012
Shane Charles Wenzel (51) has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in the Manukau District Court today.
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14 December 2012
Christopher John Collecutt (57) has been sentenced to two years, two months and three weeks’ imprisonment in the Auckland District Court following a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation.
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12 December 2012
Former director of Hobbs Rose Limited (Hobbs Rose), Gary Malcolm Hobbs (45), has been found guilty by a jury in the Hamilton District Court on 14 criminal charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in November 2011.
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11 December 2012
Evan Paul Cherry (53) has been sentenced today to six years and two months’ imprisonment in the North Shore District Court following four charges laid under the Crimes Act by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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06 December 2012
The man who blew the whistle on American Bernie Madoff, and two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigators of massive U.S. insider trading activities, are heading to New Zealand.
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05 December 2012
Paul Michael Normington (33) has pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court today to 17 Crimes Act and Secret Commissions Act charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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30 November 2012
An Acacia Bay man, Hugh Edward Staples Hamilton (61) has appeared at the Auckland District Court today charged with fraud following the 2008 collapse of Belgrave Finance Limited (Belgrave).
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30 November 2012
Loizos Michaels (45) was today found guilty in the Auckland District Court of Crimes Act charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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30 November 2012
Mark James Whelan has entered guilty pleas to 66 charges in the Auckland District Court today in relation to a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation.
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29 November 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has confirmed a formal investigation has been commenced into the New Zealand activities of United States based funds provider, Brockstar Group (Brockstar).
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29 November 2012
Ralph Anthony Vuletic (31) has been sentenced to nine months Home Detention in the Auckland High Court today.
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28 November 2012
Jin Weifeng (28) has pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court today to 11 charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) under the Crimes Act and Secret Commissions Act.
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19 November 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today confirmed that it has commenced a formal investigation into David Ross, Ross Asset Management Limited (In Receivership) and associated entities.
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08 November 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has laid charges today against Glenn William Cooper (39) following their second investigation into the property investor.
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31 October 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has laid charges against Mark James Whelan, a 40 year-old unemployed man, in relation to an investigation of the options trading company Derivatek New Zealand Limited (Derivatek).
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25 October 2012
Six people have been arrested, and search warrants or other activities undertaken at over 25 locations in the North and South Islands, in a major joint enforcement agency operation lead by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) with support from the New Zealand Police, the Organised and Financial Crime Agency of New Zealand, the Commerce Commission, New Zealand Customs, and Inland Revenue.
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25 October 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) laid Crimes Act charges against Michelle Roberta Innes (58) today in the Auckland District Court.
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23 October 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today completed its investigation of options trading company Derivatek New Zealand Limited (Derivatek). This has resulted in charges being laid against Gregory Alan Arnott, a 49 year-old option trader. Derivatek traded on behalf of New Zealand clients on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).
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19 October 2012
Jacqueline Bradley (59) has been sentenced to seven years and five months’ imprisonment at the Auckland District Court today.
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19 October 2012
Marcus Julian Friedlander (58) and Ralph Anthony Vuletic (31) have pleaded guilty in the Auckland High Court to charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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16 October 2012
Shane Charles Wenzel (51) has today been found guilty in the Manukau District Court of eight charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and not guilty of 12 charges.
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05 October 2012
The State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, today announced that Simon McArley has been appointed as the Acting Chief Executive and Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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03 October 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today said two recent surveys highlighted the positive impact rebuilding the SFO has had in helping to bring back public confidence in New Zealand’s financial markets.
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25 September 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced today that it has laid 33 charges in the Auckland District Court against Paul Michael Normington (33) and Jin Weifeng (28), for Crimes Act and Secret Commissions Act offences.
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07 September 2012
Mr Evan Paul Cherry (53) today pleaded guilty in the North Shore District Court to four charges laid under the Crimes Act by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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05 September 2012
The SFO prosecution of Jacqueline Bradley (59) for fraud yesterday resulted in a jury finding her guilty on all 75 Crimes Act charges she faced.
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31 August 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today issued a public warning of the growing risk of affinity in a post-GFC era.
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31 August 2012
Directors of failed finance company, Capital + Merchant Finance Limited (Capital + Merchant), were sentenced to prison terms in the Auckland High Court today.
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30 August 2012
Shane Joseph Buckley (44), former Belgrave Finance Limited (Belgrave) Director, was sentenced to three years imprisonment today in the Auckland District Court.
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22 August 2012
The Serious Fraud Office will seek to appeal not guilty verdicts against Neal Medhurst Nicholls and Wayne Leslie Douglas.
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17 August 2012
The former Chief Financial Controller of Bridgecorp Limited (Bridgecorp), Cornelis Robert Roest (56) has today pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court to one Crimes Act charge and two Companies Act charges brought against him by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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30 July 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today confirmed that Chief Executive, Adam Feeley has accepted the position of Queenstown Lakes District Council Chief Executive.
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25 July 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed today that it is undertaking an investigation into Mr John David Milne.
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19 July 2012
Two former directors and the Chief Executive of failed finance company, Capital + Merchant Finance Limited (Capital + Merchant), were found guilty in the Auckland High Court today on fraud charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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18 July 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced today that it has laid 82 criminal charges in an investigation into retail gas supplier E-Gas Limited (E-Gas).
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18 July 2012
Former Bridgecorp Limited (Bridgecorp) Managing Director, Rodney Michael Petricevic (63) pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court today to four Crimes Act charges brought against him by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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15 June 2012
Gregory Alexander Hutt (54) has been sentenced to 11 months home detention in the Wellington High Court today.
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11 June 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today announced it had laid charges in the North Shore District Court against Mr Evan Paul Cherry (54), the sole director (prior to 11 July 2011) of Albany based investment and financial advisors – Investment Solutions Limited, ISL Nominees Limited, Trading Strategies Limited, ISL Strategic Investments Limited, and ISL Strategic Investments 100 Limited.
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06 June 2012
Anthony Walpole Bowden (71), a former director of Five Star Consumer Finance Limited (Five Star) was sentenced in the Auckland High Court today to nine months home detention and 100 hours community work after pleading guilty to charges arising from a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation.
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31 May 2012
Former owner and director of Herbert Insurance Group Limited (HIG), Grant Malcolm Herbert (61), has appeared in the Auckland District Court facing Crimes Act and Secret Commissions Act charges, following a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into the failed insurance brokering company.
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25 May 2012
Belgrave Finance Limited Director, Shane Joseph Buckley, today pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court to charges arising out of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into the collapse of Belgrave.
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11 May 2012
Karl Sean Toussaint (41) appeared in the Auckland District Court today and was sentenced to nine months Home Detention and 200 hours of community work.
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11 May 2012
Gregory Alexander Hutt (54) today pleaded guilty in the Wellington High Court to one Crimes Act bribery charge brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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07 May 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today laid charges against Mr Christopher John Collecutt (57), a foreign exchange (forex) trader operating under the name ‘CFX Trading’.
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03 May 2012
Gavin Clifford Bennett (53) was sentenced today to eight years imprisonment in the Christchurch District Court after pleading guilty to fraud charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in November 2011.
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12 April 2012
Rachel Anna Jarvis (34) has been sentenced to seven months Home Detention, 200 hours community work, and $50,000 reparation in the Invercargill District Court.
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12 April 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced today that it would not be investigating a complaint made regarding the financial affairs of the New Zealand Meat Workers & Related Trades Union Inc.
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30 March 2012
John William Jackson (62) was sentenced to two years and five months imprisonment in the North Shore District Court yesterday, after pleading guilty to charges of accessing a computer for dishonest purposes. The charges were brought following an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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22 March 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed today that it has commenced a Part II investigation into NZF Group Limited, NZF Money Limited, and their related companies.
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20 March 2012
Ian Victor Petersen, a 62 year-old man from Waikanae, has appeared in the Wellington District Court and was sentenced to an additional six months imprisonment for failing to pay reparation of $110,000 to the victims of his fraud as had been ordered when he was sentenced in March 2011.
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19 March 2012
Peter Joseph Nitschke (32) has been sentenced to two years and three months imprisonment at the Feilding District Court today.
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16 March 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today confirmed that it would not be pursuing the complaint made regarding the receivership of the Yarrow group of companies.
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01 March 2012
Former Datasouth Group (Datasouth) director, Gavin Clifford Bennett (53), today pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Serious Fraud (SFO) Office relating to a $103 million fraud involving a Ponzi-style scheme.
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29 February 2012
A further guilty plea was made yesterday in the Auckland District Court by one of the defendants charged for his role in a scheme to defraud Dunedin-based vehicle finance company Motor Trade Finances Ltd (‘MTF’), following an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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15 February 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today confirmed that it had commenced a formal investigation into gold and precious metal trading company, Grace Holdings NZ Ltd, trading as Bullion.Buyer.co.nz.
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26 January 2012
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced today that it has laid a total of 92 criminal charges against the three directors of failed Gisborne finance company Rockforte Finance Limited (Rockforte).
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19 January 2012
A third person associated with an attempt to purchase the farm assets of the Crafar family (the Crafar farms) has been charged in Hong Kong and appeared in court yesterday.
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19 January 2012
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will enhance their already close working relationship and drive greater efficiencies between the two agencies.
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16 January 2012
Peter Joseph Nitschke (32) today pleaded guilty to seven charges under the Crimes Act, following a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into agri-business, Capehorn Farming Company Limited (Capehorn).
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