McGahan pleaded guilty last month to four charges of conspiracy to use a document to defraud the North Harbour Rugby Union and Touch NZ.
Sentencing him in Auckland District Court today to 275 hours community service, Judge Nicola Mathers told McGahan: "I am satisfied your offending has been brought home to you. I acknowledge you are remorseful." The Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which brought the charges, had said the fraud was masterminded by business partners Brent Todd and Stanley Wijeyaratne, who operated a number of bars in Auckland associated with gaming trusts.
It involved an elaborate scheme of false invoices and accounts to defraud sports organisations out of hundreds of thousands of dollars from pokie proceeds.
Todd was sentenced to 12 months home detention and 190 hours community service after pleading guilty to four fraud charges, as did co-accused Wijeyaratne.
Todd had already paid back $300,000.
Wijeyaratne was fined $50,000 and told to make $400,000 reparations.
Rollerson was convicted and freed without penalty. He had earlier pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud.
Former Touch NZ chief executive Alistair Arnott, Geoffrey Thompson and a woman with name suppression have denied charges and will defend them at a six-week trial in Auckland District Court beginning in July.
