A woman living in the country's most valuable state house cheated WINZ out of more than $88,000 by hiding her relationship for six years.

One of the biggest civil court actions in New Zealand legal history has been filed against former directors of the failed finance company Bridgecorp.

A 58-year-old Auckland women is facing numerous Crimes Act charges after she allegedly spent $1 million belonging to her sister.

Six people have been arrested over a $1.6 million invoice scam which involved the sale of advertising in magazines that did not exist or were not as widely circulated as claimed.

The Serious Fraud Office has charged options trader Greg Arnott for using some $2.5 million of investor funds for other purposes, and may charge another person.

Jailed National Finance boss Trevor Allan Ludlow is appealing his sentence on the grounds it was "manifestly excessive" but has been denied bail to prepare for the hearing.

If the collapse of NZ's finance companies left a stench wafting through the business community, Adam Feeley says the jailing of dishonest directors has sent a chill blowing through boardrooms.

National Finance director Carol Anne Braithwaite has sentenced to ten months home detention at a waterfront Devonport property for misleading investors of the failed firm.