[2020] NZIACDT 13 — Registrar v Ryan - Sanctions

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 27 February 2020

The tribunal's published summary

Sanctions decision / providing false and misleading information to INZ / adviser ran a scam where he supplied clients with fake job offers from paper companies he controlled / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s50, s51 / adviser’s misconduct most serious / adviser principal perpetrator of fraudulent scheme / conduct sustained and deliberate & brought regime into disrepute / adviser motivated by greed, admitted no wrongdoing & showed no remorse / fraud not an isolated incident / severest level of sanctions warranted to denounce conduct, deter similar conduct & protect public / adviser censured / adviser prevented from reapplying for licence for 2 years / adviser ordered to pay $10,000 penalty & $5,000 in costs & expenses.

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