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More than $3m put into bank accounts of illegal migrant in alleged kiwifruit tax evasion scam, police investigate alleged kidnapping of ‘money mule’ - Clone

New Zealand Herald
byJared Savage
Monday, January 12, 2026 at 01:00 AM
More than $3m put into bank accounts of illegal migrant in alleged kiwifruit tax evasion scam, police investigate alleged kidnapping of ‘money mule’ - Clone

'Money mule' was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted after threatening to blow the whistle.

This was one of the NZ Heralds top stories of 2025. <ul><li>An illegal overstayer working in the kiwifruit industry in the Bay of Plenty alleges he was exploited as a money mule in a tax evasion sca… [+15279 chars]
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