Media releases

Neill Allan Williams has today pleaded guilty in the Auckland High Court to two charges of theft by person in special relationship under section 220 of the Crimes Act 1961.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has laid charges against Ramni Kumar (45) and Vicki Ravana Letele (32) in the Manukau District Court today.

Former Commercial Property Manager, Christopher David Green (66) has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court today to five months' home detention.

Charges have today been laid in the Wellington District Court against David Robert Gilmour Ross (63). The charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) allege he operated a $400 million Ponzi scheme. They follow a joint agency investigation between SFO and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA).

Paul Michael Normington (33) and Jin Weifeng (28) have been sentenced in the Auckland District Court today for Crimes Act and Secret Commissions Act offences laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

Hemant Kumar Maharaj and Suresh Din have been found guilty today of charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the Auckland District Court.

Stephen Charles Smith (45), a former director of failed finance company Belgrave Finance Limited (Belgrave Finance), has today been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. The sentence follows a joint prosecution by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).