18.9 C
Auckland
Friday, November 22, 2024

Popular Now

Criminal proceeds restrained from ‘large scale international fraud’

International fraud news
Stock photo.

Successful collaboration with international jurisdictions has resulted in the restraint of a Wellington property and $462,000 dollars believed to be the proceeds of a pyramid scheme.

New Zealand Police have worked in collaboration with law enforcement partners to locate and seize the New Zealand-based profits of crime from Frank Schneider, a Luxembourg national.

The money is alleged to have been sent to an associate in New Zealand to buy assets and property, between 2018 and 2020.

Schneider was arrested in France in 2021 after being charged by United States authorities with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and with money laundering. He has since escaped house arrest, and is being sought.

Schneider was the CEO of Sandstone which was contracted by Onecoin Ltd, a company alleged to have created a NZ$6.5 billion dollar pyramid scheme originating in Europe. A number of the company’s executives have been prosecuted or are currently on the run. There is no suggestion that any of the Onecoin suspects are in New Zealand.

“The New Zealand Police will continue to work with our international partners to ensure that New Zealand’s financial system is not abused to hide illicit income,” says Detective Inspector Christiaan Barnard.

An investigation is ongoing, pending an application to the High Court seeking forfeiture of these assets.

Image credit: Anita Lusina

Promoted Content

Source:NZ Police

No login required to comment. Name, email and web site fields are optional. Please keep comments respectful, civil and constructive. Moderation times can vary from a few minutes to a few hours. Comments may also be scanned periodically by Artificial Intelligence to eliminate trolls and spam.

1 COMMENT

  1. CRIMINAL PROCEEDS RESTRAINED FROM ‘LARGE SCALE INTERNATIONAL FRAUD’
    ………..thought for a moment u were talking about the WEF/WHO/UN/GAVI/EU/….

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Latest

Trending

Sport

Daily Life

Opinion

Wellington
scattered clouds
15.8 ° C
17.8 °
15.8 °
63 %
10.3kmh
40 %
Fri
16 °
Sat
14 °
Sun
16 °
Mon
17 °
Tue
18 °