NOTE: Nearly all SFO prosecutions are now
presented in court by electronic means, using software called Sanction.
Instead of a large number of documentary exhibits being produced in paper-copy,
the main participants (including the jury) are now able to view all the
exhibits electronically on 17 flat screens positioned around the court.
May June 2009 Significant Dates
6 7 May 2009
- Todd Raymond Reinke and Kevin Christopher Whiteside Application
for Costs see Other Matters number 2.
20 May 2009 Z (name suppressed)
Pre-depositions callover in the North Shore District Court see Prosecutions
number 16.
2 June 2009 - Keith Victor
Lapham
Callover in the Auckland District Court see Prosecutions number 17.
4 June 2009 - Ross Davidson Callover in the Christchurch District Court see Prosecutions number 15.
12 June 2009 - Hussein Al-Saffaf
Sentencing in the Auckland District Court see Prosecutions number 8.
1. X and Y (names
suppressed) face charges alleging fraudulent use of a document and
money-laundering, and against one accused only, attempting to obstruct the
course of justice. A 2-week trial was
adjourned to allow pre-trial hearings relating to the admissibility of
evidence. An appeal against those pre-trial rulings will be heard in the Court
of Appeal on 27 July 2009.
2. Shane Charles Wenzel and Y (name suppressed) face charges in relation to alleged mortgage
fraud. They have been committed for
trial in the Manukau District Court. A
10-week judge alone trial has been re-scheduled to begin on 10 August 2009.
3. X, together with Alistair
Richard Arnott and Geoffrey Alan
Thompson conceded a prima facie case at a depositions hearing in November
2007 and have been committed for trial on conspiracy charges alleging
fraudulent use of gaming machine proceeds. A 6-week trial has been scheduled to
begin on 6 July 2009.
Brent
Trevor Todd
and Stanley Malik Champalal Wijeyaratne
pleaded guilty to all counts prior to the depositions hearing and were
sentenced in the Auckland District Court on 7 December 2007.
Douglas
Leslie Rollerson pleaded guilty to two counts pursuant to the Secret
Commissions Act and was convicted and discharged without a sentence in the
Auckland High Court on 11 February 2009. Hugh
Joseph McGahan pleaded guilty and was convicted and sentenced to 275 hours
community work in the Auckland District Court on 5 May 2009.
4. Stephen
DVilliers, Boni Roy and Jennifer Lacurtz
face charges alleging property fraud.
All three have been committed for trial, listed for 6 weeks from 6 July
2009 at the Manukau District Court.
5. Douglas Joseph
Whipp
and Dorothy Penhalluriack face retrial on charges alleging the
dishonest use of a document in the Dunedin District Court. An application to stay the trial failed, but
a trial date has not yet been set.
6. Michael Andrew Swann and Kerry Gray Harford have been found
guilty at the
conclusion of a 3 week jury trial at the High Court in Dunedin of defrauding
the Otago District Health Board over a period of 6 years. Michael Swann was
sentenced to 9 years and 6 months imprisonment and Kerry Harford was sentenced
to 4 years and 3 months imprisonment.
8. Michael Andrew Swann and Robin Sew Hoy face charges alleging the
taking and giving of secret
commissions. They conceded a prima
facie case at a depositions hearing in November 2007 at the Dunedin District
Court. The matter is now proceeding to trial in the High Court. A trial fixture
is scheduled to begin on the 28th of September 2009.
9.
Hussein
Al-Saffaf
faces charges alleging property fraud in the Auckland District Court. A prima facie case was conceded at a
depositions hearing in December 2008. A
sentencing hearing is scheduled to take place on 12 June 2009 in the Auckland
District Court.
10. Peter Justin Hitchinson has been committed for trial on 7
theft charges, relating to client funds received during his operation of a
foreign exchange trading business in Whangarei. The trial is set down for 2
weeks from 28 September 2009.
11. George Socrates Mamfredos will, following committal for
trial, appear on 31 July 2009 in the District Court at Manukau on an indictment
containing six counts of dishonesty and one of attempting to pervert the course
of justice. Pre-trial hearings (video link and hearsay applications) to be
heard on 31 July 2009. Proceeding to two week trial on 14 September 2009 at
Manukau District Court.
12. Selwyn Love has been charged in the Hamilton
District Court on 13 counts of using a document with intent to
defraud/dishonestly using a document in relation to allegedly inflated annual
salaries and bonuses. He was committed for trial on all counts. A 2-week trial
fixture has been set down from 27 October 2009 at the Hamilton District Court.
13. B, B, M and C (names suppressed) face
charges in respect of alleged conspiracies to dishonestly use documents in
respect of a gaming machine trust. A 2-week depositions hearing is set down for
21 September 2009 at Auckland District Court.
14. Y (name suppressed) is
charged with bribing a Work and Income New Zealand official. A prima facie
case was conceded at a depositions hearing in March 2009. A s.347
application will be heard in the Auckland High Court on 13 August 2009.
15. Philip James Whitley has been charged in the Nelson District Court with
two charges of allegedly making false statements when promoting the sale of
shares in an US based company. The depositions hearing will take place from 11
to 29 May 2009 at the Nelson District Court.
16. Ross Davidson was arrested in Christchurch on 22
September 2008 on charges of using a document dishonestly and conspiracy with
another to use documents dishonestly. An application for the extradition of his
alleged co-offender from Australia is under way. The offences relate to the use
of false invoices to obtain pecuniary advantages from a factoring agency. The
next appearance is on 4 June 2009.
17. Z (interim name suppression) has been charged in the North
Shore District Court with six charges of using documents with intent to
defraud. A pre-depositions hearing will take place on 20 May 2009. The High
Court has reserved its decision on the appeal in relation to continued name
suppression.
18. Keith Victor Lapham has been charged in the Auckland District Court with
three charges of allegedly obtaining by deception. A pre-depositions hearing
will take place on 2 June 2009.
19. Keith Ross Mackie and
Alan Edwards Wycherley appeared in the
District Court at Porirua on 7 November 2008 on charges of conspiracy to use
documents dishonestly. A pre-depositions callover will take place on 12 May
2009 at the District Court at Porirua.
19. Albert Numanga appeared
in the Auckland District Court on 12 December 2008 on charges of false
accounting, theft of proceeds subject to a direction, and theft by a person in
a special relationship. The next
callover of this case will be on 22 May 2009.
1.
Malcolm James
Beattie, Wayne Porter and Peter John Pharo were
acquitted of charges alleging fraudulent use of gaming machine proceeds. They have applied for costs. A date to hear the matter has yet to be set
in the Auckland High Court.
2.
Todd Raymond
Reinke
and Kevin Christopher Whiteside were
acquitted / discharged in the Christchurch District Court in respect of an alleged
property fraud. They have sought
costs. The matter has heard in the
Christchurch District Court on 6 and 7 May. The Court reserved its decision.