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Spark IT manager, contractor jailed over New Zealand's largest corruption case

( May 20, 2025, 01:50 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Two IT experts connected to Spark New Zealand have been sentenced to three years in jail for their roles in a bribery and corruption case involving over NZ$4 million ($2.37 million) in kickbacks, at the end of the country’s largest private-sector corruption case. In a statement, New Zealand’s Serious Fraud Office said it had filed charges against the two contractors, both Australian citizens, in April 2023. Sean Bryan pleaded guilty to the charges in September 2024; Mark Lester pleaded guilty in October 2024. Lester had worked with Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital-services provider; Bryan ran a company called Victory IT, which assisted with testing upgrades to an IT platform. Between 2014 and 2017, Bryan made 32 payments to Lester.The full statement by New Zealand's Serious Fraud Office follows: ...

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