The Settlement: A Blueprint for Liability

The Settlement: A Blueprint for LiabilityA €268 million fine for a French bank is a direct warning to every director in New Zealand. The law does not respect borders.The ContextOn 8 January 2026, the Paris court approved a settlement of €267.5-268 million (approx....

Trust: The First Casualty

Trust: The First CasualtyA public health data breach exposes more than a software flaw.The ContextBetween 108,000 and 126,000 New Zealanders had their private health documents exposed. The breach in the ManageMyHealth app’s ‘Health Documents’ module...

The Fraud Margin

The Fraud MarginA Forensic Accountant’s briefing on the $333.5 million liability vector.The ContextBetween January and November 2025, the FBI recorded $333.5 million in losses from Bitcoin ATM fraud. This figure, derived from over 12,000 complaints, represents a...

Trust: The First Casualty

The ContextOn 1 January 2026, ManageMyHealth confirmed a catastrophic cyber breach. Unauthorised access compromised approximately 428,000 patient files—108 gigabytes of sensitive health data. That’s 7% of their 1.8 million registered users. The root cause was an...

The Sanctions Laundromat

The ContextOn 24 July 2025, the U.S. State Department announced a $7 million reward for information on Sim Hyon-Sop, a North Korean national. Simultaneously, the Department of Justice filed to seize $7.74 million in laundered funds linked to his network. This is not a...

The Global Compliance Trap

The ContextIn December 2025, the International Foreign Bribery Taskforce (IFBT)—comprising the Five Eyes intelligence alliance—published its first harmonised ‘Indicators of Foreign Bribery’ guidance. This consolidates decades of investigative experience...