Jami-Lee Ross not guilty of fraud, High Court rules

Jami-Lee Ross not guilty of fraud, High Court rules
The SFO took the case over attempts to conceal donations (Image: SFO)
Staff reporters
A High Court judge has found former National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross not guilty of fraud charges over political donations.However, three others were found guilty of using sham donors to make political donations and concealing the identity of the true donor from the public. Donations over $15,000 have to be disclosed by law.The Serious Fraud Office charged seven people over donations to the Labour and National parties in 2017 and 2018.Yikun Zhang, Colin Zheng, Joe Zheng, Jami-Lee Ross and three others with name suppression wor...

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