Former trustee pleads guilty to fraud

Former trustee pleads guilty to fraud
Sophie Boot
By Sophie Boot Jan. 23 (BusinessDesk) - A former trust asset manager and trustee has pleaded guilty to fraud in Auckland's High Court today over receiving secret payments in 2009 and 2012. Saul Roberts was the asset manager for Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau Trust, a public healthcare provider for people with intellectual disabilities, and a trustee and employee of Te Kawerau Iwi Tribal Authority, set up to settle treaty claims. In 2009, Roberts received a secret payment of $45,000 in return for withdrawing public submissions he had lodged...