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He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of ...
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Inland Revenue has got millions of extra funding in recent years, which is helping it get tax debt under control as well as cracking down on anyone who's dodging their responsibilities. That's seen Baycorp used to chase tax debt, student loan debtors facing arrest at the airport and money being taken from bank accounts at a much faster rate. Some experts say it's a big shift in approach but also a necessary one. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds explains.
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