2023-07-21 02:35
NZ Director Kearns Sentenced for False Statements, Financial Crimes
Rowan Kearns, the founder and sole director of the Forestlands group of companies, was sentenced yesterday to four months' community detention and 100 hours' community work with a 9pm - 7am curfew. The sentence follows a prosecution brought by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko - filed in the Nelson District Court in September 2020. In February 2023, Mr Kearns pleaded guilty to: one representative charge of making a false statement under the Financial Reporting Act 1993, section 41 (false statement charge); two representative charges of failing to deliver financial statements under the Financial Reporting Act 1993, sections 18 and 38(b); and one representative charge of failing to lodge financial statements under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013, section 461H.
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