Dark web tax scam: Auckland fraudster jailed over $2m Inland Revenue scheme
These claims ranged from Covid support applications to income tax returns and amendments, with 59 myIR accounts being…
Prison term lengthened for Auckland bank text scammer Ethen Parks
Those recent years have been spent in prison, serving a sentence for an unrelated aggravated robbery conviction. Lawyer…
Benefit fraudster Kataraina Matiu to pay back MSD using her own benefit
“Thank you, your honour,” Matiu said as she walked out of the dock in the Hamilton District Court…
Auckland High Court judge upholds jail term for immigration fraudster Vincent Smith
But in a reserved decision issued this week, Justice Amokura Kawharu agreed with her District Court counterpart that…
Fraudster Karina Knedler sentenced in the Tauranga District Court
At her recent sentencing in the Tauranga District Court, the Crown asked Judge David Cameron to take Knedler’s…
Auckland fraudster Thomas Davies loses High Court sentence appeal
During the appeal in the High Court at Auckland this week, defence lawyer Johann Schlebusch first asked Justice…
Auckland fraudster James Selkirk jailed for firearms, fake licences and police ID
The judge pointed out that Selkirk has been assessed as a high risk of both reoffending and of…
Gisborne farmer John Bracken, NZ’s biggest GST fraudster, has $16m of assets confiscated
Then, in 2022, police applied under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 to permanently seize property and assets…
Money launderer David Charles Rae loses $10m in High Court forfeiture
The commissioner applied to the same court for civil forfeiture orders under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009…
Prolific Auckland fraudster Thomas Davies jailed after $110,000 spree
Davies sat with his head in his hands as his list of offences was read out in court.…
Inside alleged Christchurch fraudster Nicola Flint’s elaborate, years-long cancer con
Stage four breast cancer, she said. Terminal, she said. The countdown was on and Flint was sharing her…
Auckland fraudster Peter Austen jailed for $400k investor scam
But the judge said she did believe he spent time in an African prison, allowing a 15% reduction…