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New Zealand Case Law

Obtaining property by deception
  • 7 Oct 2016

    R v LOVE [2016] NZHC 2394

    Citation
    [2016] NZHC 2394
    Court
    High Court

    Defendant, a long‑serving chairman of a trust, committed obtaining property by deception by diverting developers' payment to entities he controlled; starting point adopted was four years nine months, reduced by 30% (18 months) for long public service and by nine months for age/health, producing an effective sentence of two years six months imprisonment; no reparation order made because defendant lacked means and Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act procedures were the appropriate mechanism.