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Former accountant charged with defrauding 245 clients out of $1 million
A former tax account allegedly stole $1 million from more than 200 clients. Christopher George Wright was charged by the Serious Fraud Office with fraud and appeared at the Auckland District Court on Wednesday. The SFO alleged Wright had filed tax returns on behalf of his clients and misappropriated refunds of about $1.01 million. Wright allegedly defrauded 245 clients over a six year period from January 2010 to April 2016, SFO said. Wright did not enter a plea on Wednesday and is charged with one representative charge of theft by a person in special relationship. He has been remanded on bail to reappear in court in ... (full story)