Money laundering scams target NZ small businesses
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New Zealand small business owners are being warned to watch out for overseas money laundering scams. The latest scam to target honest Kiwis has seen businesses contacted by a fake overseas customer asking to purchase products. However, they pay over the stated amount, and then ask for the excess to be sent to…
Read MoreJonathan Kirkpatrick pleads guilty to AUT fraud charges
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Jonathan Kirkpatrick,53, the former chief executive of the AUT Business Innovation Centre has pleaded guilty to defrauding the university of more than half a million dollars. Kirkpatrick resigned after an internal investigation found “accounting discrepencies” totalling $665,000. He pleaded guilty to seven fraud related charges when he appeared in the Auckland District Court…
Read MoreEmployee sets up false company and steals $500,000
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An employee of a Sydney insurance company set up a fake company complete with a registered name, letterhead and a PO box number to defraud half a million dollars from her employer according to police prosecutors. The woman then allegedly used this company and several false documents to obtain a $720,000 loan to…
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