Snehal Suresh Patel, the former owner of Whangārei chain stores Coin Saver, and his company Osh Enterprises are currently on trial in the Whangārei District Court before Judge Peter Davey. Fifteen charges of exploiting migrant workers have been laid against the business, with Patel facing an additional count of blackmail. The Crown alleges that over seven years, Patel underpaid multiple workers by more than $1 million, kept them in poor living conditions, and used a secret recording of an employee as blackmail to prevent him from speaking with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).