Auckland accountant avoids repaying $420,000 in stolen funds

A jailed accountant, Thirusivan Perumal Rajah, created 245 fake invoices to embezzle nearly $420,000 from his employer over an eight-year period. He was charged with obtaining or causing loss by deception and appeared in the Auckland District Court in September. Despite acknowledging the fraud, the court has relieved him of the obligation to repay the stolen funds. Rajah had been employed as an accountant for 16 years by a company whose name remains suppressed.

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