Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Work smarter with a Pro licence Learn More

Video | Agriculture | Confidence | Economy | Energy | Employment | Finance | Media | Property | RBNZ | Science | SOEs | Tax | Technology | Telecoms | Tourism | Transport | Search

 

Home detention for Chch company director who defrauded ACC

6 December 2013

Home detention for Christchurch company director who defrauded ACC

Brian Arthur Skinley, a 56-year-old Christchurch company director, has been sentenced to five and a half months’ home detention in the Christchurch District Court after pleading guilty to defrauding ACC.

Skinley, who appeared for sentencing on Wednesday, 4 December, was convicted of one representative charge of dishonestly using a document under the Crimes Act.

He was also ordered to pay reparation of $41,212.66.

Skinley’s offending related to a period of three years and five months between August 2007 and January 2011, during which he received undisclosed income of $157,523while in receipt of ACC weekly compensation for a back injury.

Throughout the period of offending, Skinley sent numerous declarations to ACC stating that he was aware of his responsibility to tell ACC if he received any income.

During interviews with ACC in September 2007 and April 2009, Skinley explicitly told staff that he was not receiving any income. He was contacted again in January 2011, and eventually admitted that he’d been receiving $300 a week from “day one”. However, subsequent enquires by ACC investigators revealed that his undisclosed income was considerably more than this, and was as high as $57,900 in 2009.

ACC’s General Manager of Claims Management, Sid Miller, says “Kiwis pay levies to ACC to help people in genuine need of injury-related support, so it’s disappointing when people deliberately abuse the Scheme.

“ACC has an Investigations Unit which follows up all information that suggests possible fraudulent activity, and takes appropriate action when criminal offending is identified.”

ENDS

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading

Are you getting our free newsletter?

Subscribe to Scoop’s 'The Catch Up' our free weekly newsletter sent to your inbox every Monday with stories from across our network.

© Scoop Media

 
 
 
Business Headlines | Sci-Tech Headlines

 
GenPro: General Practices Begin Issuing Clause 14 Notices

GenPro has been copied into a rising number of Clause 14 notices issued since the NZNO lodged its Primary Practice Pay Equity Claim against General Practice employers in December 2023.More

SPADA: Screen Industry Unites For Streaming Platform Regulation & Intellectual Property Protections

In an unprecedented international collaboration, representatives of screen producing organisations from around the world have released a joint statement.More

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Join Our Free Newsletter

Subscribe to Scoop’s 'The Catch Up' our free weekly newsletter sent to your inbox every Monday with stories from across our network.