Antoanette Du Preez pleaded guilty to one charge of representative fraud in August 2019 and was sentenced to three years in prison. Photo: NZHA woman who stole about $1 million from the Canterbury District Health Board can now be named. Antoanette Du Preez pleaded guilty to one charge of representative fraud in August 2019 and was sentenced to three years in prison. Stolen money was also used to fund cosmetic surgery in Thailand, gifts to the woman's family, and a jet ski. The 50-year-old ex-admin worker has since left the Canterbury DHB after being caught fiddling the system in 2019.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 18, 2021 01:07 UTC