Central Otago Man Jailed for $133,000 GST Fraud Using Fake Business Expenses

• Damon Anthony Forde, a Central Otago freelance cameraman, was sentenced to 32 months in prison for GST fraud.
• He filed 28 false GST returns for his company, Live24 NZ Ltd, claiming over $133,000 in refunds and more than $1 million in fake expenses.
• There was no evidence of the claimed expenses in his or his company’s bank accounts.
• Forde spent the fraudulently obtained refunds on personal living expenses.
• Inland Revenue audited his company after multiple failed attempts to contact him.

Source: ird.govt.nz

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