A serial fraudster is on his way back to prison.

James Stewart has been sentenced to five years and nine months on a number of fraud, drugs and driving charges.

In 2013, Stewart used information of seven bank customers to fool call centre staff into changing their online banking passwords.

He then used 31 'mule' accounts to transfer more than 200,000 dollars to himself and associates.

His other charges related to having a sellable quantity of methamphetamine, and driving a stolen vehicle.

James Stewart has been convicted of 98 offences since 2001 - almost half of them dishonesty charges.