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Child's passport number hid fraud

ASB fraudster Stephen Versalko used a child's passport number to conceal the theft of $18 million from his employer.

Contact pushes market to 18-month high

Versalko sex worker 'entitled to the money'

A sex worker paid more over $2.4m by ASB fraudster Stephen Versalko is entitled to the money, a prostitutes' lobby group claims.

ASB suing Versalko's $2.4 million prostitute

The prostitute given $2.4 million by fraudulent banker Stephen Versalko is far from the high end of the escort business.

<i>Deborah Hill Cone:</i> Seeing nobody but themselves

NZ market slightly up on quiet day

Gunman threatens bank customers

An armed robber ordered customers to the floor while an accomplice fled with a "substantial amount" of cash from a bank yesterday.

Bank staff duck for cover

Versalko's family reeling from revelation of deceit

The wife of the $18 million ASB fraudster has spoken of her pain as other family lash out at the big-spending criminal.

Security van held up at Auckland bank

ASB move to Tank Farm has its risks, analysts say

<i>Gill South:</i> Everybody needs a shoulder to lean on - even when you're the boss

Market shrugs off early weakness to close up

Confidence in housing market slumps outside Auckland

Housing confidence rising, says ASB

Housing confidence is on the rise in Auckland, while a new survey is showing growing uncertainty about tax changes and rising interest rates.

Sharemarket closes down nine points

$18m fraudster to repay ASB only $3m-$5m

A former ASB investment adviser who stole nearly $18 million is likely to repay just $3m to $5m to the bank.

Details of how banker stole $18m stay secret

Details of how a former investment banker stole nearly $18 million in NZ's largest employee theft will stay secret until the man is sentenced next month.