Home detention for allowing ‘money laundering’
A Christchurch woman who admitted allowing stolen money to be “laundered” through her bank account has been ordered to pay $38,990 reparations to the bank.
Nikita Margaret Ringdahl, a 29-year-old trainer, was sentenced to six months’ home detention and 200 hours of community work by Judge Alistair Garland at her Christchurch District Court sentencing.
Ringdahl had earlier admitted three charges of recklessly receiving stolen cash – amounts of $2000, $16,990, and $20,000 – in October 2014 and February 2015.
The investigation began after police received complaints from New Zealand banks in April 2015 that some customers’ accounts had been compromised by unauthorised online transactions.
Funds were withdrawn from the bank accounts and then passed through the accounts of “money mules”.
Police said that on November 7, 2014, an unsuspecting customer’s account had $116,000 removed.
Some funds were transferred into the accounts of Ringdahl and her partner and withdrawals were then made.
Ringdahl told the police that she had been contacted by someone – she said she only knew his first name – who had asked permission to use the bank accounts of her and her partner in return for a $5000 payment.
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