Seven high-end luxury vehicles, a boat and three motorbikes - with a combined value of more than $1.2 million - were seized by police during Operation Brookings. Photo / NZ Police
Seven high-end luxury vehicles, a boat and three motorbikes - with a combined value of more than $1.2 million - were seized by police during Operation Brookings. Photo / NZ Police
An Auckland man arrested as part of a major asset seizure operation faces a slew of money laundering charges, some of which allege he was given thousands of dollars to purchase cryptocurrency.
The 40-year-old man faces a total of 30 charges, the bulk of which accuse him of money laundering.
He appeared in the Auckland District Court this afternoon where he was granted interim name suppression by Community Magistrate Dianne Hale.
Several of the charges allege the man was given thousands to purchase cryptocurrency in money laundering transactions, court documents show.
Other charges allege the man laundered funds by purchasing high-end vehicles.
Those accusations include $421,000 for a Lamborghini and about $288,888 for a Black Mercedes G63.
He is also accused of laundering money in respect of just over $1.7 million used to buy an East Auckland property.
A yellow 2020 Mercedes was seized by police during Operation Brookings. Photo / NZ Police
One money laundering charge alleges he gained an unknown amount of cash for money laundering from an individual while at Auckland Airport earlier this year.
