Michael Swann

More than $2 million has now been recovered by the Government from the sale of assets seized from convicted fraudster Michael Swann.

Negotiations continue in the sale of a million-dollar Dunedin property confiscated from convicted fraudster Michael Swann.

Bidding on a Dunedin property formerly owned by convicted fraudster Michael Swann, failed to reach half of its government valuation during a public auction.

Two properties owned or controlled by convicted fraudster Michael Swann were passed in at auction yesterday.

The renovated waterfront cottage at Careys Bay and three-bedroom house in Ferntree Dr, Wakari, are among 37 assets seized by the the Crown under the Proceeds of Crimes Act after Swann was convicted of defrauding the Otago District Health Board of $15.1 million between 2000 and 2006.

A Dunedin property formerly owned by convicted fraudster Michael Swann has gone on the market, days after a High Court decision ordering forfeiture of at least $2.5 million of seized goods belonging to Swann family trusts.

The Court of Appeal has rejected convicted fraudster Michael Swann's appeal over a High Court decision ordering forfeiture of at least $2.5 million of seized goods belonging to Swann family trusts.

Convicted fraudster Michael Swann is appealing a 2009 High Court decision ordering forfeiture of at least $2.5 million of seized goods belonging to Swann family trusts, on the grounds there has been a "serious miscarriage of justice".

The Government has so far recovered $1.2 million of the $15.1 million Michael Swann stole from the Otago District Health Board.

Convicted fraudster Michael Swann has lodged a civil appeal with the Court of Appeal.

After having to deal with the fallout from Michael Swann's fraud at the Otago District Health Board, snapping up one of his vehicles at auction was all the sweeter for former Dunedin man Grant Taylor.