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Cellphone was target of bizarre robbery
A cellphone containing naked photos of an ex-girlfriend appears to be the target of robbery where the victim was lured into a trap by bogus Facebook messages. The victim was attacked by two men with...
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Scamming of elderly victims admitted
Women aged 94, 93, and 80 years were the three victims of Denise Cherelle Greig’s part in a fraud ring that was scamming people out of their bank cards. Greig, 30, today became the second person to...
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Still hopes of repayment from Alligator Drainage work, court told
Graham Daniel Lilley is continuing efforts to get money back from EQC for his Alligator Drainage Ltd customers in Christchurch, even as he begins his 10-month home detention term for fraud. His lawyer,...
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Helicopter charges laid against Bennett
Paul James Bennett now faces Civil Aviation charges relating to flying a helicopter, after an appearance at the Christchurch District Court today. Bennett, 53, was deported from Australia last month...
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Not guilty pleas to all charges by Paul Bennett
Paul James Bennett, who was deported from Australia and arrested on his arrival at Christchurch, has denied 60 charges and has opted for a judge-alone trial on alleged offending totalling $567,000....
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Woman admits taking money from dementia patient
A woman has admitted taking money from her 88-year-old employer after he was admitted to Christchurch Hospital and diagnosed with dementia. Cheree Margaret Freitas, 25, admitted the fraud charge at an...
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Woman admits taking $100,000 for gambling
A 66-year-old woman who had an enduring power of attorney over an older woman with an intellectual disability, has admitted taking more than $100,000 of her money for gambling. The woman, who has name...
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Scam woman says she was ‘horrified’
A woman who raided the bank accounts of women aged 80, 93, and 94 claims she was “horrified” when she learned the nature of the scam she was involved in. The Christchurch District Court was told today...
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Recruitment consultant ripped off foreign workers
A Christchurch recruitment consultant has admitted ripping off mostly foreign workers for more than $20,000 and gambling away the money. Craig Lawerence Dunn pleaded guilty to 20 fraud charges –...
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Bail granted to accountant after a year in custody
A Hokitika account who has admitted an $800,000 fraud has been granted bail at a hearing in the Christchurch District Court after more than a year on remand. Lindsay Beckett Smith, 59, pleaded guilty...
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Thefts totalling $140,000 alleged
Thefts totalling nearly $140,000 are alleged against a Halswell man who faced a total of 90 charges at the Christchurch District Court today. The theft charges against David Ronald Cribb, a 24-year-old...
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Bail appeal refused on fraud charges
A Redwood man facing fraud charges involving $91,850 has been refused bail at an appeal hearing in the High Court at Christchurch. Kim Michael David Barwell, 50, has denied all 66 charges and elected...
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Woman told to repay money taken from dementia victim
A woman who had used a dementia patient’s chequebook to write herself nine cheques totalling $23,500 was sentenced to community work and supervision. In the Christchurch District Court Judge Brian...
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Tour drivers had no licences, police allege
Police allege Chinese men with false licences were used as tourist drivers by a Christchurch company. Police prosecutor Sergeant Grant Neal named the company as Alps Travel, which has offices in Ilam,...
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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. The 59-year-old woman sent a medical...
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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...
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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. Janitta Chloe Pash, admitted charges of receiving items stolen in the robbery,...
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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. Christchurch District Court Judge...
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Gun-wielding armed robber jailed
File image. © Andrew Bardwell 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. Eugene...
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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. Craig Lawerence Dunn, 40, has been told to pay reparations...
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