PHOTO: Serious Fraud Office Website
A real estate agent has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining commissions from the Selwyn District Council on charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office.
Shirley Johnston obtained 13 commission payments from the Selwyn District Council between March 2007 and July 2015 for work that she did not do. Nearly $150,000 of these payments were transferred into a bank account controlled by her and Stephen Gubb, her husband and business partner.
Ms Johnston received the commissions on 13 land sales as a Phoenix Harcourts agent in Christchurch. However, Ms Johnston was not the real estate agent for these property sales at Izone – a Selwyn District Council business park development located in Rolleston.
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