Copy of correspondence - a letter - held by the Serious Fraud Office.

Dear Serious Fraud Office,

In July 1998, a 'warning letter' was sent to Mr Ross Black, the
then-Chairman of HealthCare Otago, by two Dunedin-based
businessmen. In this, the two authors describe their dealings with
now-convicted fraudster, Michael Andrew Swann.

I am formally requesting a copy of that 1998 'warning letter',
please.

I am aware - thanks to the media - that HealthCare Otago and it
succesor, the Otago District Health Board, subsequently could not
find a copy of this letter. But that the Serious Fraud Office did
uncover the letter during the course of their investigation into
Swann's fraud 'sometime' in late 2006.

It was also reported - in November 2006 - that an electronic copy
of this same letter was sent by one of the two signatories to the
then-Minister of Health, Peter Hodgson. And that Serious Fraud
Office investigator Roger Small was also copied in.

I am, of course, aware that - in December 2006 - the Otago Daily
Times newspaper made an Official Information Act request to the
Serious Fraud Office to make the letter public: And that, at that
time, this request was refused.

This is understandable - given the Serious Fraud Office
investigation was still on-going at that time.

However, that was six years ago. And since that time, Michael
Andrew Swann has been found guilty on all three charges brought by
the Serious Fraud Office (December 2008) - and was subsequently
sentenced to prison (March 2009).

And this is why I'm formally requesting a copy of the 1998 'warning
letter'.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Kelly

Dear Mr Paterson,

Thank you for your prompt response. Very much appreciated!

I did actually visit the page you've indicated - but failed to
select the link to the actual document!

My bad!

Apologies! Consider my request answered in full.

Regards..,

Andrew kelly