An NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) employee, Nadine Ericsson, was sentenced to 11 months’ home detention after being found guilty of supplying confidential information to her gang member partner in exchange for methamphetamine.
Over a period of nearly two years Ericsson accessed secure databases containing motorists’ personal information and provided it to her then-partner and other members of the King Cobras gang.
The information was sometimes used to track and assault motorists. The breach was discovered when police intercepted cellphone messages from Ericsson, leading to her arrest and subsequent court proceedings.
Judge Bruce Northwood, who sentenced Ericsson at the Palmerston North District Court, highlighted the profound breach of trust and confidentiality involved in the case.
Ericsson, who had no prior convictions and had worked for NZTA for eight years, expressed remorse for her actions.
Her lawyer argued that her client’s actions were not driven by financial greed but by coercion from gang members.
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Don’t come Monday
Of course it’s Palmerston North.
The firearms registry will become a shopping list for the gangs
Free meth ‘is’ financial greed.