Two finance company directors - sentenced to some of the longest prison terms for their offending - have been given parole.

An Auckland financial advisor has admitted stealing nearly $3 million.

The trial of former New Zealand Wine Company chief executive Peter Scutts over allegations of kickbacks continues today in the High Court at Auckland.

Auckland businessman Alex Swney will have to wait to find out how long he will spend in jail.

Former Auckland Transport officials and the head of a project management firm face multiple corruption charges for alleged offences reaching back nine years.

Three people including former employees of Auckland Transport and Rodney District Council have been charged over bribery allegations worth more than $1 million.

Auckland businessman Alex Swney's actions have reflected poorly on the country, the Serious Fraud Office says.

A former Bridgecorp director is due to be released from prison less than three years into his six year, nine month sentence.

Liquidators of the Ross Asset Management group of companies, found to be a ponzi scheme, are looking to claw back $954,000 one investor withdrew.

Half of all inspections of pubs and clubs with pokie machines identify breaches or non-compliance with the law.

A dispute has again thrown up complaints that misused shell companies.

The biggest investor in one of Allan Hubbard's shambolic businesses has come out on top after a High Court hearing over how much money he is entitled to.

A fraudster who sweet-talked two elderly women and ripped them off for nearly $400,000 - their life savings - has been blasted by

Jailed Bridgecorp boss Rod Petricevic has been denied parole again as he appears to have failed to come to grips with the true nature of his offending.

Glenda Wynyard is accused of lying to save a business that supported her lifestyle but her lawyer claims prosecutors are trying to turn her paying one creditor into "something more sinister".

A stalwart of the racing industry among those facing claims of a $30 million pokie fraud has spoken of the sport being starved of cash.

A former chairman of Harness Racing NZ and three others have been charged over an alleged $30m pokie fraud, in the biggest case ever of its kind outside of a casino.

When name suppression on Alex Swney was lifted in October, revealing he was being prosecuted on 39 counts of tax evasion, Swney was flanked by his wife Angeline and David Jones, QC.

After months of maintaining his innocence ex-Heart of the City boss Alex Swney phoned his parents to say he was going to plead guilty to nearly $1.8m in tax evasion.

Liquidators probing the collapse of a clothing business have complained records were destroyed.

The Commerce Minister has rejected a request from David Ross' burned investors to look into the country's claw-back regime as the first court case looms.

An Auckland publishing company that got $330,000 of taxpayer money is complaining it was treated unfairly after its funding was suspended.