ANZ staff helped a scam victim send thousands to a known money mule -- weeks after another fell victim to the same account

A Herald investigation's found ANZ was on notice that one of its accounts, under the name CADT Holdings, had been used to steal a Defence Force officer's life savings after being alerted to the fraud in June 2023.

But five weeks later, an ANZ call centre worker helped a woman send 250-thousand dollars to a BNZ account under the name CADT Holdings.

The woman is one of eight victims who sent money to accounts allegedly controlled by Whanganui chief executive Jayson Herewini, who's facing money laundering charges -- but claims he was tricked by a fake British lawyer and also scammed.

ANZ says it's standard industry practice to check account numbers over names for suspected mules, but has since blocked the mule account.