BusinessBlue Chip investors upset with '75 hours'No one got what they wanted yesterday - not Mark Bryers or 30-odd investors who spilled out of courtroom 11.20 May 04:00 PM
Banking and financeBlue Chip boss sentenced - but avoids jailMark Bryers pleaded guilty to 34 charges relating to book-keeping and record-keeping failures, as well as failing to attend a creditors' meeting.20 May 06:22 AM
OpinionWhat do you think of Mark Bryers' sentence?Failed finance company Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers sentenced to 75 hours' community work and a fine of $37,490, plus court costs.20 May 04:41 AM
New ZealandFake landlords trick renters in flat fraudAuckland police are asking for help from the public to identify a man allegedly involved in a property fraud ring.20 May 12:30 AM
New Zealand$1.2m Bridgecorp 'sham' claimThe 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.19 May 04:00 PM
CrimeSFO reveals Bridgecorp chargesRod Petricevic is to face charges relating to the fraudulent acquisition of a $1.8 million luxury boat and another matter, the SFO said today.19 May 12:00 AM
New ZealandVersalko's $18m fraud revealed in a dayStephen Versalko duped ASB Bank customers into parting with $18mby writing dodgy statements that didn't even carry the bank's logo.15 May 04:00 PM
New ZealandMaori TV fraudster: It's Kiwi injusticeThe 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. 06 May 04:00 PM
New ZealandMedia couple victims of bizarre banking scamA "large Polynesian woman" has been pretending to be Kate Hawkesby's daughter in order to cash cheques worth thousands of dollars.04 May 04:00 PM
New ZealandFacebook hacker not living in NZ - policePolice have no evidence that a Russian hacker who posed as a Kiwi girl to sell Facebook login information has ever been to NZ.04 May 02:09 AM
Official Cash RateRogue trader: 'I was only a prostitute in great banking orgy'France's €5 billion rogue trader says his losses should be blamed on a world banking industry "disconnected from reality".02 May 09:30 PM
New ZealandTrade Me con nets $51,000A Napier man has been jailed after scamming more than $51,000 from Trade Me users, the biggest fraud by an individual to hit the website.01 May 04:00 PM
