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New Zealand Case Law

Section 260 crimes act 1961
  • 12 Aug 2016

    HAN v R [2016] NZCA 395

    Citation
    [2016] NZCA 395
    Court
    Court of Appeal

    The jury could properly find the invoice figures were false because they represented amounts not charged and not owing by the offshore operators, thereby misrepresenting what General Travel was owed, and there was sufficient evidence to infer a deliberate intention to deceive from the appellant's conduct and the contradiction with the parties' agreed memorandum of understanding.

    • False accounting
    • Intent to deceive
    • Representative charge
    • Sufficiency of evidence
    • Section 260 crimes act 1961