Tag: fraud
Judge rejects fraudster’s ‘inheritance’ claim
A judge says the explanation from a 35-year-old Manawatu man for raiding $74,262 from the bank account of an 80-year-old rest home resident “lacks reality”.
Marriage scam broker threatened with arrest
A marriage broker convicted of scamming a Wellington man has been threatened with arrest unless she returns from Australia to face sentencing.
Half million dollar deception admitted
An Australian has admitted obtaining more than half a million dollars by deception from two Christchurch residents and accepts he is going to be serving jail time.
Jail imposed for cheating foreign workers
A man who ripped off foreign workers seeking jobs through a Christchurch agency and then gambled the money away has been jailed for 20 months.
Gun-wielding armed robber jailed
An offender deported from Australia for assault has now been jailed for seven years four months for the gunpoint $6000 robbery of a woman bar manager in Hornby.
Heavily pregnant fraudster jailed
A heavily pregnant woman was taken straight back to hospital by Corrections staff, after being sentenced to nineteen months’ prison for $9188 of dishonesty offending.
Woman admits using card taken in gunpoint robbery
A 28-year-old woman has admitted fraudulently using a bank card taken only an hour earlier in a gunpoint street robbery.
Sister gambled away funds
A woman who stole funds put aside by her family to provide for the day-to-day care and needs of her intellectually disabled sister, was granted permanent name suppression in the Christchurch District Court today.
Marriage scam victim will get money back
Li Jun Xue is too ill to return from Australia for her sentencing for a marriage scam but she has already paid $35,000 which will be passed on to the victim.
Tour drivers had no licences, police allege
Police allege Chinese men with false licences were used as tourist drivers by a Christchurch company.
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