Dunedin City Council is taking the widow of the suspect believed to be responsible for the $1.5 million Citifleet fraud to court this week.
According to Stuff, Maria Frances Smith, the widow of former council fleet manager Brett Bachop, is expected to to appear in the Dunedin High Court on Thursday.
Dunedin City Council group chief financial officer confirmed to Stuff that the Thursday hearing was about Citifleet, but he could not comment on the matter while it was before the court.
Stuff reports that in November, Police released their final Citifleet inquiry report that involved the theft of more than 150 council vehicles and misused fuel cards.
For 11-years, more than 152 vehicles were unaccounted for, while fuel card misappropriation of more than $100,000 took place according to Stuff.
When receiving the police report Dunedin City Council chief executive Dr. Sue Bidrose, said the council was extremely disappointed that no-one who directly profited from the fraud will be held to account through the criminal justice system.
Bachop’s death is now before the coroner; he died in a suspected suicide in May 2014 after questions were arising about the Citifleet fraud.
