Chinese frauds making waves in NZ

The two men are close business associates. Mr Tang manages Mr Chen's charity, and also acts as a spokesman for Mr Chen, who is notoriously media shy.

Last month, it was revealed that Mr Tang may have misled the public about his qualifications.

The former head of Microsoft in China has claimed to have a PhD from the California Institute of Technology.

He has since admitted that is wrong, and that his PhD is from another American institute - which turns out to have been closed down for being an unregistered "diploma mill", which sold degrees.

Mr Tang, who has also been accused of falsely claiming to have registered two patents, responded to the scandal by telling the Beijing News: "Losers cheat some people and get caught. Winners cheat the whole world all the time."