Aussie Pair Jailed over NZ's 'Largest Private Sector Corruption Case'

Aussie pair jailed over NZ's 'largest private sector corruption case'

Sean Bryan and Mark Lester paid and received more than $4 million in kickbacks while contracting for Spark. Photo: RNZ Two IT contractors have been sentenced to three years in jail, in New Zealand's largest corruption case involving a publicly listed company.

Spark IT contractors jailed for part in ‘New Zealand’s largest private sector corruption case’

The case involved more than $4m in kickbacks.

Spark IT contractors sentenced to three years in corruption case

Two IT contractors for Spark New Zealand have been sentenced to three years’ in prison for their roles in a bribery and corruption case involving more than $4 million in kickbacks. Australians Sean Bryan and Mark Lester pleaded guilty last year two representative charges of accepting gifts by an agent and were granted interim name suppression until now. SFO director Karen Chang described the case as New Zealand’s largest ever private sector corr…