Simon Lawrence Turnbull last year admitted his role in a mortgage fraud. Photo:NZ HeraldAn Auckland man involved in a $33 million mortgage fraud has been released on parole after spending just over a year in jail. Turnbull, who has qualifications in architecture and sub-sea engineering, has now been released on parole after spending a little over a year in prison. The parole board, in assessing Turnbull's case, said there was no rehabilitative programmes available to him in prison. "The Department [of Corrections] would not have oversight of parole conditions beyond New Zealand's shores.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 24, 2017 02:03 UTC