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A senior employee woman stole $2.7 million from her company employer over six years to spend as a VIP high-roller at Auckland's SkyCity Casino.
Herminia Lanuza pleaded guilty in Auckland District Court this week to fraud and theft and her accountant partner Divinia Granados admitted laundering stolen money through bank accounts, The Weekend Herald reports.
The couple will be sentenced in August.
Lanuza worked as a senior financial controller for an Auckland company, whose name is suppressed, from 2002 to 2008 systematically stealing cash to feed her gambling addiction nearly leaving the firm insolvent.
The missing millions were uncovered only after an unpaid tax bill was discovered in March 2008.
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