Wallace Tamamotu Te Ahuru, a former employee of the Waitangi National Trust, which runs the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, above has been charged with defrauding about $1.2 million from the group.
A former employee of the Waitangi National Trust, which looks after the Waitangi Treaty Grounds has been charged by the Serious Fraud Office after around $1.2 million went missing from the group.
Wallace Tamamotu Te Ahuru, 30, of Kerikeri faces two charges of obtaining by deception and seven charges of
using forged documents.
He was not required to enter a plea to the charges during his appearance at the Manukau District Court on yesterday. The Serious Fraud Office said Te Ahuru is alleged to have defrauded the Waitangi National Trust Group of about $1.2 million while he was employed as its corporate services manager.
In this role he was responsible for the financial administration of the trust. SFO said Te Ahuru is believed to have acted alone in the alleged offending.
Te Ahuru, who returned from Australia recently, has been remanded on bail to reappear at the Manukau District Court on September 4.
