New Zealand: Woman Avoids Prison After $200K Gambling Theft

Gambling addiction can often lead to people accumulating significant debt or in some cases even engaging in . Such a nearly landed a Kapiti, New Zealand woman in jail after she stole thousands of dollars from her employer. After Stealing More than NZ$300K, the Woman Was Sentenced to Community Detention That is the case of a identified with the initials S.

A.R., who over her actions.



As announced by , the woman was recently sentenced to . The 59-year-old’s sentencing hearing was last week at the . handed the sentence of the 59-year-old and spoke about the defendant’s actions.

S.A.R.

stole a sum close to ($189,120) while she was employed at SBA Civil Ltd, a civil engineering company. Judge Warburton explained that the stolen sum was “significant.” However, the Judge also pointed to the defendant’s that ultimately pushed her into the unlawful actions.

“She found herself, unfortunately, in the grip of addiction that led to the offending. Your offending was bad, but I want to stress to you that you are not a bad person,” Judge Warburton said. Initially, the 59-year-old woman was .

However, the Judge considered discounts in light of the woman’s , the fact that she and her . In light of those discounts, S.A.

R. now received five months of community detention. Under her sentence, the woman needs to .

Besides repaying back the sum in full, S.A.R.

also paid back and the , factors that affected the outcome of her trial and her more lenient sentence. Investigation Uncovers Dozens of Unauthorized Transactions The 59-year-old Kapiti woman was brought to justice following an investigation that uncovered her . Between August 2022 and October 2023, she was employed at the engineering company.

In September 2023, one supplier , and this is when it was uncovered that S.A.R.

had sent the money to her personal bank account rather than the account of the supplier. Subsequently, SBA Civil Ltd investigated the matter further, discovering more than three dozen transactions completed by the 59-year-old. In total, the woman had completed .

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