PremiumBill BennettNZ Herald·11 Jun, 2026 05:00 PM7 mins to read Clare Bolingford, executive director of licensing and conduct supervision at the Financial Markets AuthorityInvestment scammers are using artificial intelligence and deepfakes to defraud New Zealanders at a pace Clare Bolingford says has been “reasonably exponential”.
Bolingford, who is executive director of licensing and conduct supervision at the Financial Markets Authority, says impersonation scams, pump-and-dump schemes and fraudulent trading platforms are now sophisticated enough
