Immigrants are making agreements with employers to pay their own taxes and wages in a scam now being investigated by officials.

Blue Chip founder Mark Bryers has apologised to investors who struggle to make ends meet while he continues to be paid up to $12,000 a month.

Blue Chip co-founder Mark Bryers has apologised to investors, many of whom lost large sums when the group was put into liquidation.

No one got what they wanted yesterday - not Mark Bryers or 30-odd investors who spilled out of courtroom 11.

Mark Bryers pleaded guilty to 34 charges relating to book-keeping and record-keeping failures, as well as failing to attend a creditors' meeting.

Failed finance company Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers sentenced to 75 hours' community work and a fine of $37,490, plus court costs.

Auckland police are asking for help from the public to identify a man allegedly involved in a property fraud ring.

The SFO has accused Bridgecorp director Rod Petricevic of making fraudulent payments totalling more than $1 million to a "sham" business run by a personal acquaintance.

Rod Petricevic is to face charges relating to the fraudulent acquisition of a $1.8 million luxury boat and another matter, the SFO said today.

Stephen Versalko duped ASB Bank customers into parting with $18mby writing dodgy statements that didn't even carry the bank's logo.

The man who faked his CV to become the first boss of Maori TV says his sentence was harsh compared with what has since happened to a public servant who falsified her CV.

A "large Polynesian woman" has been pretending to be Kate Hawkesby's daughter in order to cash cheques worth thousands of dollars.

Police have no evidence that a Russian hacker who posed as a Kiwi girl to sell Facebook login information has ever been to NZ.