30 Apr 2015

New sentence date for Alex Swney

1:34 pm on 30 April 2015

Alex Swney, the former head of Auckland's downtown promotion agency Heart of the City, will now be sentenced in June.

Alex Swney leaving court, 21 April.

Alex Swney leaving the Auckland District Court on 21 April. Photo: RNZ / Kate Newton

Swney has admitted creating false invoices to obtain money from the council-funded agency, which he ran for over ten years. The fraud involved more than $2.5 million.

He has also admitted not paying nearly $1.8 million of tax.

The 57-year-old was due to be sentenced in the Auckland District Court today but the hearing has been postponed because the sentencing judge is unwell.

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