Christchurch director sentenced to home detention for PAYE fraud

Thursday 2 October 2025 · 2 outlets · 3 reports · updated Thu 2 Oct 2025, 4:12pm

Frederick Mario Mau Epiha has been sentenced to 10 months of home detention after pleading guilty to 16 charges. The Christchurch company director admitted to withholding over $200,000 in employee PAYE tax payments instead of passing them to Inland Revenue.

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First reported by NZ Herald, Thu 2 Oct 2025, 12:20pm · 3 reports from 2 outlets over 4 hours

NZ HeraldThu 2 Oct 2025, 12:20pm

Christchurch company director Frederick Epiha sentenced to home detention over $215k PAYE fraud (opens in new tab)
- Christchurch man who kept $215,000 in employee PAYE is sentenced to home detention (opens in new tab) Thu 2 Oct 2025, 12:43pm
1NewsThu 2 Oct 2025, 4:12pm

Chch man sentenced after failing to pay IRD $200k in PAYE (opens in new tab)