Ex-rugby league boss on pokie fraud charges

Former New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) boss Graham Carden will appear in court this month charged with more than 120 counts of fraud, forgery and misappropriation of poker machine money.

A Porirua District Court registrar said Carden was due to appear on July 21 on 126 charges, relating to the misuse of poker machine money.

It is understood the amount of money alleged to be involved is about $140,000.

Carden -- a Wellington league coach -- was the head of the NZRL in the 1990s.

- NZPA