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Article: Fraud office asked to probe $17m health board deal

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May 2, 2004
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THE SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE will be asked to investigate a series of deals at one of our biggest health boards after an internal audit report into questions over a $17 million deal with its biggest supplier.

The report, ordered by the Auckland District Health Board, says its two leading executives were compromised by their connections to their health board's main supplier.

Rodney Hide, Act MP and accountability campaigner, said the report raised questions that demanded answers. "I will be referring this report to the minister (of health) and the Serious Fraud Office and am calling on them to undertake a comprehensive investigation of what has happened to the ...

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