The Swann case
I have been following with interest the case of Michael Swann who stole millions off the Otago District Health Board since 2000. The information to date was bad enough – there seemed a total lack of...
View ArticleWhy the Otago District Health Board Chair and CEO should be sacked
I’ve been meaning to blog about this for some time, and it is topical today as the Herald reports the ODHB Chair is refusing to resign and faces the sack. The $17 million fraud perpetrated by the...
View ArticleSwann gets nine and a half years
I was very pleased to see Michael Swann get nine and a half years jail for his unprecedented fraud of $17m from taxpayers through the Otago District Health Board. Despite what he says, he has shown no...
View ArticleEditorials 18 February 2010
The NZ Herald wants the MMP referenda held earlier: There appears to be no reason the final referendum could not have been held a year or so after the 2011 general election if the first found a...
View ArticleThe unrepentant Michael Swann
The ODT reports: Michael Swann allegedly paid $160,000 for a Rolls Royce found stashed in a container, but following its discovery told detectives ”it wasn’t anything to do with me”, court documents...
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