An Auckland banker has been charged with stealing nearly $1 million from his clients.
Graeme Malcolm Cooper has been arrested and charged with 41 criminal offences, including the access of a computer system, use of documents for a pecuniary advantage and money laundering.
The 49-year-old was a personal manager for National Bank, where police allege Cooper shifted money belonging to clients into an account he created under a fictitious name.
The four alleged victims live overseas and have name suppression to protect their identities.
The money was shifted over an eight-year period but the National Bank, now known as ANZ, would not disclose how the alleged offending was detected.