An Auckland banker has been charged with stealing nearly $1 million from his clients.
Graeme Malcolm Cooper has been arrested and charged with 41 criminal offences, including the access of a computer system, use of documents for a pecuniary advantage and money laundering.
The 49-year-old was a personal manager forNational Bank, where police allege Cooper shifted money belonging to clients into an account he created under a fictitious name.
The four alleged victims live overseas and have name suppression to protect their identities.
The money was shifted over an eight-year period but the National Bank, now known as ANZ, would not disclose how the alleged offending was detected.
An ANZ spokesman said they had called in police and helped them with their investigation and it was inappropriate to comment further, given the matter is before the courts.
Cooper owns two houses in Auckland which each has a mortgage with ANZ National bank.
Property records show his wife and a trustee company based in Henderson, Davenports West Trustee Company, are also listed as owners.
