Court Report: Takeaways from Masala
Hamish McNicol discusses Masala Restaurants and Kim Dotcom in this week's Court Report.
The “well-known, Auckland-based restaurant chain” associated with companies that police seized property worth more than $34 million from last year can now be named as the Masala Indian restaurants.
A court decision, released last week, has exposed Masala as the entity investigated by Immigration NZ, the Labour Inspectorate, Inland Revenue and police.
This judgment says “significant criminal activity” is alleged against the group, including “widespread and systemic tax evasion” of about $7 million.
Court reporter Hamish McNicol has a look at the saga.
Then on Tuesday, a date for Kim Dotcom and his fellow Megaupload co-accused’s appeal against last year’s decision they were eligible for extradition was announced.
A six-week fixture has been allocated before Justice Raynor Asher, beginning August 29.
The judge has indicated he hopes to get a decision out by Christmas, a year after Judge Nevin Dawson ruled against the Megaupload co-founders.
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