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“An inside look at New Zealand’s most successful law enforcement agency - how it has uncovered white collar fraud worth $3 billion in just four years.” NZOA Programme Catalogue.
This documentary examines Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigations into white collar crime within New Zealand. It focuses on three specific cases: Allan Hawkins, Roger Curtis and Patrick Renshaw.
Hawkins, founder of Equiticorp, was found guilty on six charges of fraud worth $70 million and sentenced to six years in prison. Curtis was a South Auckland pharmacist who falsely claimed $1.7 million dollars from the Health Department. Renshaw, of Renshaw Edwards Solicitors in Upper Hutt, embezzled $28 million dollars from his clients. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.
The programme includes Renshaw facing his former clients, who became victims, in a group meeting.
Interviews: Charles Sturt (SFO Director), Gibb Beattie (SFO Chief Accountant), Dave Ellis (SFO Senior Investigator), Susan Pilgrim (SFO Senior Prosecutor), Patrick Renshaw, Mark Rammell, Lynette Morgan, Jim & Maureen McCarthy, Mark Stevens, Monsignor Dolan, Keith Morgan, Grant Cameron (Lawyer), Austin Forbes (President NZ Law Society), Kevin Pepperell.