UPDATED: SFO now has two electoral expense cases on the books

UPDATED: SFO now has two electoral expense cases on the books
Victoria Young
(Updates to include second case) The Serious Fraud Office confirmed it would receive two referrals from NZ Police regarding mayoral election expenses.  The fraud agency has said it will assess referrals regarding the electoral expenses of Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff.  The cases are the latest political investigations for the agency which has this year laid charges against four men in relation to National Party donations, and launched a probe into the NZ First Foundation.  The SFO said it had no fur...

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