The former chief executive of a charitable trust has been charged with misappropriating more than $2.1 million from two trusts and a third entity he was involved in.
The Serious Fraud Office filed the charges against Matekino Marshall following an investigation into his conduct while involved with the trusts, and a third entity.
Marshall appeared in the Manukau District Court on March 5 and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The Serious Fraud Office alleged Matekino Marshall misappropriated $547,408 while he was chief executive of the Ngāti Tamaoho Trust.
He faced three representative charges of obtaining by deception, one representative charge of accessing a computer system for a dishonest purpose, and four representative charges of dishonestly using a document.
It was also alleged that as chairperson of the Port Waikato Community Health and Support Services Trust, Marshall accessed a computer system for a dishonest purpose and misappropriated $1,454,895.
Marshall was also alleged to have misappropriated $120,000 from another entity which was then repaid. Charges were also filed in relation to the alleged use of a forged document to maintain a VIP Black Card membership at SkyCity Casino.
He was remanded on bail to appear at his trial which is set down to commence on July 26, 2027 and expected to last six weeks.
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