The spending of public money by former Waikato DHB chief executive Dr Nigel Murray has been referred to the Serious Fraud Office after an investigation found more than half his claims for travel and accommodation were unjustified.
The four month investigation by the State Services Commission into the spending of former Waikato District Health Board chief executive Dr Nigel Murray is complete.
State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes is to announce the report's findings at 10am today in a press conference in Wellington.
Murray spent $218,000 of taxpayers'money during his three years in the top job before resigning amid an expenses scandal in October.
Concerns were raised over Murray's spending by staff who told former board chairman Bob Simcock and an investigation was launched in July last year.
Murray has so far not faced any disciplinary action for overspending on his relocation costs from Canada to Hamilton in June 2014 by $27,000, or for breaching DHB travel policy.
The Herald broke the story of the DHB investigation into Murray last July and in November, when Murray's expense receipts were forced into public, Minister of Health David Clark directed the Commission to investigate.
