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Michael Swann
Dunedin
May 1
Ex-Swann vintage Rolls-Royce to be auctioned
A Rolls-Royce found stashed in a container and linked to convicted fraudster Michael Swann is set to go under the hammer.
Dunedin
December 10
Asset search 'labour intensive'
Police have identified more than 50 assets connected to convicted fraudster Michael Swann, with more outstanding assets likely.
Dunedin
November 21
Swann forfeits assets but not freedom
Convicted fraudster Michael Swann is likely to stay a free man, despite more than $250,000 of assets and cash being recovered from him yesterday.
Dunedin
October 12
'It wasn't anything to do with me'
Michael Swann allegedly paid $160,000 for a Rolls Royce found stashed in a container, but following its discovery told detectives ''it wasn't anything to do with me'', court documents show.
Dunedin
October 2
Police seize Rolls-Royce from container
A luxury car concealed in a container has been seized, but Dunedin police say it is too early to confirm it belongs to convicted fraudster Michael Swann.
Dunedin
October 2
Swann freed, but where is he?
Fraudster Michael Swann was released from prison on parole yesterday, but his whereabouts remained unknown last night.
Editorial
August 28
Where is Swann's remorse?
The people of Otago now have further reason to be both bitter about fraudster Michael Swann and disillusioned by his early release from prison.
Dunedin
August 24
Fraudster linked to rare Rolls, police say
Police have confirmed a Rolls-Royce found stashed in a container is linked to convicted fraudster Michael Swann, who paid a ''substantial fee'' for the rare vehicle.
Dunedin
July 31
Swann free from prison
Michael Swann has left prison today a free man, albeit one with a $6 million pecuniary order.
Dunedin
July 29
Fraudster Swann still faces $6m pecuniary order
Convicted fraudster Michael Swann will continue to face a multimillion-dollar penalty order on his release from prison, police confirmed yesterday.
Dunedin
July 29
'Light at end of tunnel' for Swann
Convicted fraudster Michael Swann was told at a parole hearing yesterday ''there was light at the end of the tunnel''.
Dunedin
July 18
'Precious' funds spent on legal fees over Swann
The cash-strapped Southern District Health Board would have to spend ''precious funding'' on legal fees because of Michael Swann's continuing refusal to co-operate, the board's parole submission says.
Dunedin
July 18
Safety parole board's criterion
Community safety is the most important consideration for the New Zealand Parole Board when it makes a parole decision.
Dunedin
July 18
SDHB failed to file submission before Swann hearing
The Southern District Health Board failed to file a submission before convicted fraudster Michael Swann faced the New Zealand Parole Board last month.
Editorial
July 17
Swann: a travesty of justice
The anger in Dunedin and Otago is palpable.
Dunedin
June 11
Legal threat could harm Swann's case
A letter threatening legal action if convicted fraudster Michael Swann was not given a favourable parole outcome is ''outrageous'', and could harm his chance of an early release, a criminologist warns.
Dunedin
May 20
Unapproved computer in prison
Convicted fraudster Michael Swann is appearing before the New Zealand Parole Board this week, four years after he was imprisoned for defrauding the Otago District Health Board of almost $17 million.
The Mix
April 14
In search of remorse
Three years ago last month, Michael Swann was sentenced in the High Court, in Dunedin, to nine and a-half years' jail for defrauding the Otago District Health Board of $16,902,000. Swann's sentence might have been up to a year longer if it had not been for his remorse and attempts to make good. But, as Mark Price reports, those still looking for the missing money say despite the discount in his sentence, they have received no help whatsoever from Michael Swann.
Dunedin
March 3
Ferntree Lodge back on market after deal falls through
Convicted fraudster Michael Swann's former home Ferntree Lodge is back on the market at a reduced price following a failed settlement between the Crown and a South Island buyer.
National
February 20
Swann funds mainly from three properties
It has been confirmed funds recently recovered from convicted fraudster Michael Swann's assets were mostly from the sale of three properties.
Dunedin
February 6
Swann sales net $2m-plus
More than $2 million has now been recovered by the Government from the sale of assets seized from convicted fraudster Michael Swann.
Dunedin
July 19
Swann property negotiations continue
Negotiations continue in the sale of a million-dollar Dunedin property confiscated from convicted fraudster Michael Swann.
Dunedin
July 13
Swann property passed in at auction
Bidding on a Dunedin property formerly owned by convicted fraudster Michael Swann, failed to reach half of its government valuation during a public auction.
Dunedin
July 5
Swann properties passed in at 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.
Dunedin
June 12
Swann's mansion on market
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.
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