A Bridgecorp director jailed for making untrue statements has also been struck off the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

In April Gary Urwin was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to 10 Securities Act charges relating to the collapse of failed finance company Bridgecorp.

In a decision publicised today, the ICA said Urwin's conviction had brought the profession into disrepute and further action was warranted.

"In order to protect the public interest and maintain professional standards it is necessary to remove the member's name from the Institute's register of members," the decision said.

Urwin was ordered to pay the ICA costs of $7,000.

The collapse of Bridgecorp cost 14,500 investors $490 million and all five directors have been convicted of lying in company prospectuses.

In his role as a non-executive director Urwin was largely responsible for Bridgecorp's disastrous property investments in Australia and Fiji that the High Court heard were hidden in another company, Barcroft Holdings.

Urwin was a 25 per cent shareholder in Bridgecorp and also held a 50 per cent shareholding in a Fiji-based company that Bridgecorp was lending to.

Urwin's role on both sides a of a $76m loan from Bridgecorp to Barcroft - which was designed to fund a hotel development at Momi Bay in Fiji - meant the transaction was between related parties.

Investors were not told the truth behind the Barcroft transaction - that many of the loans were overdue and made to related parties.

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