Five charged with money laundering

Gavel

Five men have been granted interim name suppression this morning in the Hastings district court after being jointly charged for money laundering and obtaining by deception.

The men were charged on 12 accounts of obtaining large sums of money through an email scam targeting customers of New Zealand banks.

Two other men were also jointly charged and were to appear at a later date.

They were granted bail with conditions not to associate with each other.

They were also asked to surrender their travel documents and passports immediately.

The men were remanded until December 22.