Voxy:
An Auckland man charged with fraudulently obtaining $3.5 million from people he granted Green Acres sub-franchises to, has re-appeared in court.
Keith Lapham faced three fraud charges alleging he obtained money by deception from 172 people while he was a master franchisee for Green Acres from March to December 2007.
Lapham was remanded on bail to a pre-depositions hearing in April when he appeared in Auckland District Court today.
His lawyer Peter Davey said an extra two months was needed to examine more than 30,000 documents disclosed by the Serious Fraud Office.
Lapham was an independent contractor and the Green Acres company was not the subject of any investigation.