Hospital Supply Orders, Invoices Approved In-House

Item specifics

Condition	Guilty plea (director). Sentenced, Auckland District Court, October 2025
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Seller	Former senior manager, Auckland District Health Board (one person, unnamed)
Winning bidder	A medical equipment company (name withheld)
Category	Health
Sold	2008–2015
Returns	No returns. Director sentenced to four months community detention (2025)

Description

What the bribe bought

The payments bought a medical equipment company orders from Auckland District Health Board. The manager who received the payments placed the orders and approved the company's invoices.

What happened

A director of a medical equipment company arranged for the company to make 28 payments totalling $170,214.95 to a former senior manager at Auckland District Health Board. The payments ran from September 2008 to October 2015. The manager placed orders with the company and approved its invoices. The Serious Fraud Office prosecuted. The director pleaded guilty and was sentenced in the Auckland District Court to four months community detention for giving gifts to an agent.