Conman Loizos Michaels has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he "manipulated his victims for greed''.

Former property developer and insurance broker Marcus Friedlander has been sentenced to seven months home detention after he attempted to hoodwink investors.

The 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.

The 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.

A former prosecutor and barrister who pleaded guilty to forgery charges has been discharged without conviction after a court heard of a fertility drug's disastrous side-effects.

A 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.

An Auckland woman who lived in New Zealand's most expensive state house has been sentenced to nine months home detention for benefit fraud.

If it is determined that David Ross was running a Ponzi scheme, investors face a major legal fight to recover their funds, says investor spokesman Bruce Tichbon.

One of the criminal figures depicted in the Australian TV series Underbelly planned retribution against confidence trickster Loizos Michaels' partner in crime.

Loizos Michaels could talk the shirt off your back and the money from your bank account.

A fallen property hotshot wants to move on after escaping a prison sentence for faking documents to try to save his friend from bankruptcy.

A 31-year-old property developer who sent false documents to the High Court in an effort to save his friend from going bankrupt has escaped jail time.

Embattled Wellington financial advisor David Ross has been released from hospital.

Investors feel betrayed by failure of Ross Asset Management and its manager.

Liquidators could reclaim 'inflated' payouts from collapsed fund manager to redistribute.

The SFO is investigating fund manager David Ross and his firm after receivers found records for $10.2 million of the $449.6 million he purportedly managed.

An alleged conman says a meeting in a Marcos racing car, in which he was said to have pocketed thousands of dollars from a film executive, never took place.

Loizos Michaels' allegedly managed to take over $3 million from his victims, including casino executives and owners of luxury apartments.

An alleged conman claimed the rich Australian Packer family was helping fund a major casino development worth "tens of millions of dollars'', a court has been told.

Bridgecorp was insolvent from at least February 2006 - a year and a half before it collapsed, its receiver alleges in civil action against three former directors.