An Auckland businessman whose bank account was used for a term-deposit scam has been found guilty of money laundering
An Auckland businessman whose bank account was used for a term-deposit scam has been found guilty of money laundering
7 March 2025
Overseas fraudsters signed up two victims in 2022, to put nearly two-million-dollars in a fictitious company, through Carel Johannes Viljoen 's account.
He pocketed about 61-thousand dollars and claims he checked the arrangement was above board, but he and Westpac were "fooled".
The court's ruled him reckless and he'll be sentenced in June - with penalties of up to seven years in prison.
About 500-thousand dollars was recovered.
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