The Wellington District Court has sentenced a man for eight counts of GST fraud. Gary Adrian Koornneef, a Paraparaumu based property developer has been sentenced to 12 month home detention for his GST fraud. It was alleged that over the period covering September 2002 to September 2005, Gary Koornneerf sold a total of eight properties but failed to pay the appropriate GST on them. In the June of 2001, a property was purchased by Advantage Construction and Consultancy Limited ("Advantage"), Gary Koornneef's own company. ... Read More

Tauranga based GST fraudster has been sentenced to 18 month jail time, after admitting to 58 charges of tax evasion. Timothy Andrew Penniket, a Tauranga based man, was charged with obtaining wage records from a company run by his mother. He is then alleged to have used these records to register 14 of the mentioned employees for GST via the internet, directing any funds to his own bank account, or one used by his associate. In total, thirty two returns were submitted by ... Read More

Home detention has been sentenced to an Auckland based man for GST fraud. Derek Hugh Perry was sentenced to 12 month home detention on the 3rd of June, after he was found guilty on 22 charges of GST fraud. Seemingly due to his poor health, Derek Perry was sentenced to home detention, as opposed to jail time. In the time between May 2005 and May 2007, while based in Taupo, Derek Hugh Perry filed false returns for two businesses, of which he was ... Read More