Serious Fraud Office charges six people in Labour Party donations case
12 May, 2021 11:18 PM
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Serious Fraud Office director Julie Read. Photo / Greg Bowker
The Serious Fraud Office has filed charges after an investigation into donations made to the Labour Party in 2017.
The criminal charges are against six people in relation to a donation made to the Labour Party and were filed yesterday in the Auckland District Court. The defendants are entitled to seek name suppression therefore the SFO will not be naming any defendants until any name suppression issues have been resolved, the SFO said in a statement.
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