FCPN Product: Cash Wages - Risks and Red Flags

FCPN Product: Cash Wages - Risks and Red Flags

Date Published: 
June 2026

This resource outlines the misuse of cash wages as a method for laundering illicit funds within New Zealand’s legitimate economy.

It aims to raise awareness of the cash wages typology, explain how it operates, and highlight practical indicators to support, focally the prevention, detection, and reporting by AML/CFT reporting entities, as well as organisations who have law enforcement functions