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An Auckland roofing contractor has been jailed for five years and six months after more than $ 1 million charges filed by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
Sam Oliver Spence was sentenced today in Auckland District Court before Judge David Sharp on various charges.
He was faced with the Company Law and Insolvency Law charges for the fraudulent manner in which he managed a number of roofing companies trading in Auckland under the trade name Compass Roofing.
Losses for creditors were more than $ 1 million.
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This was also the first sentence under section 138A of the Companies Act, which is the new crime of serious breach of the duties of a director.
Spence faced charges of trying to pervert the course of justice and forgery.
Documents obtained by the Herald showed a long list of charges: two serious breaches of a director’s duties, two charges of participating in the management of a Phoenix company, one charge of being director of a Phoenix company, failure to file a statement of affairs, deceiving the official assignee, two counts of breach of notice, two counts of participating in the management of a Phoenix company while bankrupt, attempting to pervert the course of justice and using falsified documents.
He was not sentenced today on all charges.
The charges against the 1993 Companies Act and the 2006 Insolvency Act arose from the fraudulent way in which he handled a number of roofing companies, which traded under the name of Compass Roofing.
That business was predominantly trading in the Auckland region.
The attempt to pervert the course of justice and forgery arose during the trial on the other charges, when Spence filed false documents with the court.
