Banking and financeWatchdog still mulling Hanover chargesThe SFO has spent longer considering charges after the Hanover collapse than in the case of any other finance company it has probed.01 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandBenefit fraudsters get home detentionA Far North benefit fraudster has agreed to repay nearly $100,000 but it will take him nearly 200 years.24 Jan 04:51 AM
EconomyEloquent fraudster greatest anti-austerity critic Portugal never hadArtur Baptista da Silva's outspoken attacks on Portugal's austerity cuts made the bespectacled 61-year-old one of the country's leading media pundits last year.21 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandSamoa tops immigration fraud listSamoa tops the list of countries with citizens who have committed immigration fraud in New Zealand.20 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandFake refugees escape expulsionJust eight people have had their refugee status revoked after a long-running saga involving a global people-smuggling ring.16 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandACC frauds hit $10m in four yearsACC fraudsters have ripped off taxpayers by more than $10 million in the past four years.16 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Five pieces of unfinished businessFran O'Sullivan looks at five 'nuggety issues' that look likely to hog business headlines in coming months.08 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandTrade Me users ripped off for $30kA fraudster is wanted by police, who say he has scammed $30,000 from Trade Me users by texting them and offering them iPhones.08 Jan 04:30 PM
BusinessJailed fraudster to head back to Appeal CourtA jailed South Auckland business coach - who has already received almost $250,000 in legal aid - is continuing his battle with the courts.08 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandLove scam costs lonely widowerA Kiwi widower who was scammed out of $1m by an Australian online dating service is living in virtual poverty.05 Jan 04:30 PM
BusinessKiwi embroiled in US insider trading caseA New Zealand attorney at a New York law firm has become embroiled in a major insider trading case which could see a former Australian mate jailed for 20 years.03 Jan 11:31 PM
Banking and financeUBS to pay $1.5b for rate-riggingSwiss banking giant UBS has agreed to pay $1.5b in fines for its role in trying to manipulate the key LIBOR interest rate.19 Dec 06:45 PM
New ZealandConman 'motivated by naked greed'Conman Loizos Michaels has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he "manipulated his victims for greed''.18 Dec 03:36 AM
BusinessHome detention for 'hoodwinking'Former property developer and insurance broker Marcus Friedlander has been sentenced to seven months home detention after he attempted to hoodwink investors.16 Dec 10:00 PM
New ZealandEx-SFO lawyer's fall from graceThe former high-flying barrister was one of a select few to be honoured with a Queen's Diamond Jubilee SPCA Volunteer Medal at the Government House ceremony, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to animal cruelty prevention.14 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandFriends 'easy pickings' for fraudsterA Mosgiel man who fleeced long-time friends and members of his church of $300,000 has been sent to prison for three years and four months on fraud charges.13 Dec 11:46 PM
InvestmentBusiness coach jailed for fraudSelf-described business coach Shane Wenzel has been sent to jail for three years for mortgage fraud.13 Dec 10:15 PM
New ZealandFraudster's friends: We got justiceThe victims of fraudster Brent Murray say they are happy to see some justice done, even though they believe they will never get their money back.13 Dec 06:54 PM
New ZealandSpying fiasco went right to the topThe police-organised crime squad that carried out the Kim Dotcom raid has given briefings to a high-powered group charged with protecting New Zealand's "national security".12 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandComplaint over lawyer's treatmentThe New Zealand Law Society is investigating a complaint over the way a former top barrister and prosecutor was treated in the Auckland District Court this week.12 Dec 04:30 PM
Crime$4.7m theft aided lavish lifeA financial adviser stole $4.7m from investors and spent some of the money on a lavish lifestyle that included three Porsche sports cars.11 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandGrandmother used forgery to get at cashA man was cheated out of inheriting his father's $400,000 life insurance by his grandmother and another woman who spent some of the money, a court has heard.11 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandAdviser jailed for stealing $4.7mA financial adviser has been sentenced to six years and two months in prison after stealing $4.7 million from investors, many of whom were family and friends.11 Dec 04:29 AM
