Farmer Behind NZ's Biggest GST Fraud Has $16m of Assets Confiscated

Gisborne farmer John Bracken, NZ’s biggest GST fraudster, has $16m of assets confiscated

John Richard Bracken was jailed for eight years and six months in 2021 after being found guilty of 39 charges of dishonestly claiming and receiving GST refunds.

Farmer behind NZ's biggest GST fraud has $16m of assets confiscated

The Gisborne farmer behind New Zealand’s largest-ever GST fraud has been ordered to hand over up to $16 million in real estate and other assets to the Crown.

NZ’s biggest tax fraudster and his family ordered to give up $13m in assets

Judge rules that beneficiaries of a family trust can keep a farm property but not the other millions.