A high-profile lawyer and his wife have been charged with money laundering in connection with a "serious offence" in Christchurch.
The couple appeared in the Auckland District Court last week, where Judge Emma Aitken ruled interim name suppression would stay in place until they reappeared next month.
However,
suppressions in place since the pair were arrested late last month, which prevented publication of the man's occupation and the charges laid, were not continued.
The Herald on Sunday can reveal the married couple - and a third man who also cannot be named and who is being dealt with in the Christchurch District Court - have been charged with money laundering, allegedly in the last two weeks of June.
It is understood that during the investigation, interception warrants were granted to allow police to bug the lawyer.
In continuing name suppression, Judge Aitken ruled the damage to their personal and professional life outweighed the public's right to know.
