ACFE June Meeting: Serious Fraud Office Case - Road to Corruption & AGM

June's presentation is open to all ACFE members in New Zealand. Members are welcome to attend either in person in Auckland or virtually.

For virtual attendees, the presentation will run approximately between 5:45pm and 6:45pm.

A link for virtual attendance will be emailed to registrants who have opted to attend online that day before the presentation. Please be sure to specify if you would like to attend online or in person. 

Prior to the SFO's presentation, we will present the financial statements for FY 2024 along with a roadmap to our approach for the remainder of this year and into 2026. 

TOPIC: Serious Fraud Office Case - Road to Corruption

In 2021 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged five people for corrupt behaviour in the provision of road maintenance contracts in South Auckland. The contract manager accepted gifts in exchange for awarding work and submitted false invoices to obtain significant benefits for themself. The manager authorised invoices (both real and fake) for three of the co-accused who worked as sub-contractors along with a former maintenance manager. The subcontractors used the money they were paid to provide gifts to the manager in the form of cash, goods or services.

In this webinar Fabian Herzog, Senior Investigator, from the SFO will discuss the case and provide insight into the various fraudulent schemes employed by the five offenders. In his discussion of the various methods, he will identify several of the fraudster personas that were evident in this case.