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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. Daniel Kive Albert pleaded guilty to...
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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. Li Jun Xue, 59, has paid back all of the $35,000 she was...
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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”. Christchurch District Court Judge John...
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Card used soon after street robbery
A woman who used a bank card stolen only an hour earlier in a gunpoint street robbery, has been sentenced to two months’ home detention in a residential rehabilitation programme. Janita Chloe Pash, 28,...
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Mum left smarting by judge’s comment
A mum left court smarting after a judge called her “a shocking role model” for her 22-year-old daughter who was standing in the dock. The mum called out some comment to Judge Robert Murfitt who had...
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Woman admits ‘family misfortunes’ were a rip-off
A woman who has admitted conning $3000 out of a Kiwibank customer with a sad story about her family’s terrible misfortunes is fighting to keep her name and photograph out of the media. She admitted...
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Scam accused back in court
A Hei Hei man already facing trial on fraud charges has been arrested again on five more similar charges. Brendon Karl Dean Harris, 22, has now been remanded in custody after an appearance on a total...
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Crime spree guilty pleas
David Ronald Cribb’s drug-fuelled victimisation of Halswell residents has ended in spectacular fashion with 43 guilty pleas at the Christchurch District Court. Cribb, a 24-year-old painter from...
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Conwoman continues fight for suppression
An accomplished con-woman has been given an extra two weeks to sort out the grounds why she should be allowed name suppression, while she awaits sentencing on two fraud charges. Justice Rachel...
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High Court ruling allows con-woman to be named
Name suppression has lifted on an accomplished con-woman, Ann-Marie Kathrine Smith, after her appeal to the High Court fizzled today. Smith appeared briefly in the courtroom, spoke to her defence...
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Fresh warrant for woman in Australia
A fresh warrant has been issued for the arrest of Simone Anne Wright, who is in Australia, and police now believe they know where she is. Wright is the 40-year-old partner of a man already in custody...
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Marriage scammer to stay in Australia for sentencing
For the second time, Immigration New Zealand has stymied the sentencing of a marriage scam fraudster by refusing her entry into the country. The sentencing was meant to take place in the Christchurch...
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Fraudster has two weeks to get money for victims
A fraudster has been given two weeks to come up with the $3750 she conned out of two victims, or face a possible jail sentence. Ann-Marie Kathrine Smith, a mother aged 30, says she will have access to...
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22-year-old admits cheating woman out of $75,000
A 22-year-old has admitted manipulating and deceiving an older woman into giving her over $75,000, and then spending the money on clothing, makeup, alcohol, concerts, accommodation, and flights. The...
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Arrest warrant issued for absent fraudster
An arrest warrant has been issued for fraudster Ann-Marie Kathrine Smith who was in Christchurch Hospital when she was due at court to be sentenced and to repay her victims. Christchurch District Court...
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Fraudster in custody ahead of sentencing
Convicted fraudster Ann-Marie Kathrine Smith will spend 11 days in custody ahead of her Christchurch District Court sentencing, after failing to appear on Wednesday. She was taken into custody at the...
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Fraudster’s victims will be repaid
The victims of convicted fraudster Ann-Marie Kathrine Smith will get their money back, but her sentencing has been delayed another month. When she is sentenced in the Christchurch District Court on...
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First offender’s ‘mini-rampage’
A 22-year-old woman went on what the judge called a “mini-rampage” after being introduced to methamphetamine. The offending which spread across the North and South Islands came to a sudden end when she...
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No more chances for woman fraudster
File image. © Andrew Bardwell Second chances ran out for accomplished conwoman Ann-Marie Kathrine Smith, with an eight-month jail term being imposed on her 14th remand appearance facing fraud charges....
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False invoice scheme netted $86,000
A Christchurch man was regarded as a loyal employee for seven years while he stole $86,000 from the company with false invoices. Bruce John Levey, now aged 64, was told by Judge Stephen O’Driscoll at...
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