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Car dealer who helped ex-Mai FM host launder Comancheros drug money fights prison term
The car dealer's lawyer said he was not aware he was helping the Comancheros.
The car dealer's lawyer said he was not aware he was helping the Comancheros.
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Three others have pleaded not guilty and are due to stand trial next year.
'This man shouldn’t be blighted with a conviction,' his lawyer argued.
Andy Junior Halliday was involved with a plot to extract money on promises of sex.
"NZers are soft targets because we don’t have the security in place. It’s bananas."
The man, who can be revealed as a 35-year-old, has left New Zealand.
Inside a year of accusation and recrimination in the leafy suburbs.
The doctor was suspended for the misconduct, but police are not prosecuting.
The teacher now works at a polytech, managing a budget of nearly $500k.
'Whatever mistakes I made, I have fixed,' the accountant said.
Chinese students or older Chinese migrants the main targets.
But Government rubbishes plan as 'ridiculous'.
“It’s easy money for the offenders. It’s an easy crime.”
Equipment allegedly used to make counterfeit $10, $20, and $50 notes was seized.
The Rangitīkei mayor says preliminary conversations indicate cases in his district.
More than 1000 properties may be impacted nationwide.
Two former public servants corruptly tried to profit from Christchurch earthquake rebuild.
“It’s not just gullible people, it’s smart people who get sucked in.”
'It’s getting worse. The figures are mind-boggling.'
Judge slams 'offending out of greed, rather than need'.
Struck-off lawyer hasn't apologised nor repaid stolen money.
Samantha Kerri Scott faces a raft of charges for her crimes.
'They were draining me out and sucking me in.'
The wedding venue business wasn't paying her. So she helped herself.
Alwyn O'Connor was admitted to the bar despite his extensive criminal history.
Some of the money was also lost to fraudulent crypto-trading platforms.
The number of fraud cases investigated jumped 540 per cent in one year.
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'They’re absolutely ruthless criminals and they need to be stopped'.