Man accused of using deceit to get $27k in commissions

A Taranaki man, who works in the insurance sector, has appeared in court over charges he took commissions he was not entitled to get. The 40-year-old appeared in the New Plymouth District Court yesterday, where he entered intimated guilty pleas to two charges of obtains by deception. It is alleged he took a commission by deception twice in May, which amounted to a total of $27,228. He is due to enter formal pleas at his next court hearing on November 24.