Hamish's cruel con

Hamish McLaren’s lies worked.

For years, they convinced innocent investors, even friends, to hand over more than $7 million, which he then spent on himself.

This is how his web of deceit fell apart.

Statement from an ANZ spokesman

ANZ does not talk about specific customer details, however we are aware of the matter as it was referred to us for investigation.

Over 10 months or more, ANZ attempted to assist the customer with her dispute, however she did not provide the necessary assistance to help us in progressing our investigation before she referred her matter to the Financial Ombudsmen Service.

The staff member in question has since left ANZ and did so before this matter was referred to our investigations unit.

We remain open to helping our customer with this matter and would be happy to reengage with her should she wish.

ANZ has been assisting Police with their enquiries regarding this case.

The Financial Ombudsman Service also investigated the matter and found in ANZ’s favour.