Two IT contractors for Spark New Zealand Ltd were today sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in the Auckland High Court for their roles in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) bribery and corruption case involving more than $4 million in kickbacks.
In April 2023 the SFO filed charges against the IT contractors, both of whom are Australian citizens.
Sean Bryan pleaded guilty in September 2024 to two representative charges of giving gifts to an agent. Mark Lester pleaded guilty in October 2024 to two representative charges of accepting gifts by an agent. They both had interim name suppression until now.
Read the full Serious Fraud Office media release here.