The identity of a woman at the centre of an alleged $1.4 million Waikato bank fraud has been revealed.

The Serious Fraud Office is due this week to outline its next move in its investigation of Allan Hubbard.

The convicted Waiouru medals thief sentenced to six years in prison today has links to Joseph Reekers, the killer of hairdresser Marie Jamieson.

Thirty-four Immigration NZ staff are being investigated for misconduct, including alleged corruption.

The Serious Fraud Office has laid more than 100 charges against four former directors of failed lender Five Star Finance, carrying a maximum penalty of seven years apiece.

Former Govt Minister Roger McClay has admitted a $25,000 double-dipping rort of cash-strapped charities and taxpayer money.

The former wife of a police officer was today jailed for four years for offending that was described in court as a "huge web of deceit".

The British bankers once dubbed the 'NatWest Three' are now recanting their guilty pleas.

Early childhood provider KidiCorp is the focus of a Serious Fraud Office inquiry over $30 million of taxpayer money.

A Wellington man accused of duping at least 30 New Zealanders out of millions of dollars appears to have got away with it.

Dozens of people who invested with an Auckland couple have been told they are unlikely to see their money again.

Cabinet is bracing itself for the possibility that the SFO probe into Allan Hubbard will not find any evidence of complex fraud.

Financial abuse is the second most common form of maltreatment of older people, and the economic downturn may be aggravating the situation.