Two New Zealand men, Richard Stuart Hayes and Troy Jonathon Elliot, have been convicted of running an illegal mobile text based competition after 27 winners did not receive the car prizes. The pair were found guilty yesterday in a decision reached by Judge  in District Court, following a February hearing. The two convicts, whose names were suppressed until yesterday, are the directors of the company which ran the 'TxtDrive' competition in March 2004, the  . The company had hoped to gain a profit of 2.5 million, but due to lack of interest and entrants they could not afford to honour the daily prizes as they had only raised $414,595.
Two New Zealand men, Richard Stuart Hayes and Troy Jonathon Elliot, have been convicted of running an illegal mobile text based competition after 27 winners did not receive the car prizes. The pair were found guilty yesterday in a decision reached by Judge Nicola Mathers in District Court, following a February hearing. The two convicts, whose names were suppressed until yesterday, are the directors of the company which ran the 'TxtDrive' competition in March 2004, the Watch and Win Company . The company had hoped to gain a profit of 2.5 million, but due to lack of interest and entrants they could not afford to honour the daily prizes as they had only raised $414,595.
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Watch and Win Company