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Auckland GP pleads Guilty
Auckland GP pleads Guilty
Auckland GP
Hongsheng Kong today pleaded guilty to ten charges of
falsifying records and six charges of fraudulently using a
document to obtain advantage representing $345,000. This
sum represents 38,000 fraud transactions.
The court case
has ended after a five week trial. The Ministry of Health
has welcomed the outcome.
Auckland District Health Board is pursuing separate legal action to recover funds fraudulently claimed by Dr Kong.
The Crown Solicitor is considering whether to appeal the decision by the court to dismiss one charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice
Ministry spokesperson Michael Moore says the Ministry takes any misuse of money very seriously. .Mr Moore says the Ministry is very aware that the vast majority of all health professionals are honest and carry out their duties and work with considerable integrity, but where this isn't the case the Ministry does act
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