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'Polite' spiderman robs store

Armed robberies 'reach historic level'

Hacker's high life ends in jail

Millionaire runaways urged to come home

Visa to act on flaws found in new chip credit cards

Armed raiders rob security van

Custody remand over deception charges

Boat thefts easy, say pair who wanted to show off

Gunman threatens bank customers

An armed robber ordered customers to the floor while an accomplice fled with a "substantial amount" of cash from a bank yesterday.

Thief in death pact

Lavish lifestyle of $17.8 million bank swindler

If it wasn't for Bernie Madoff, Stephen Versalko could still be stealing millions.

Versalko a pathetic creep: duped investor

A victim of Stephen Versalko's $17.8 million fraud has spoken of the day she was told he had been "naughty" and had defrauded her and 25 other investors out of millions of dollars.

'Mr Invincible' sentenced after record-breaking fraud

The scale of the fraud makes Stephen Versalko's case the largest single employment theft in New Zealand history.

Banking ombudsman warns against weak PIN numbers

Customers who fail to read the fine print could find themselves out of pocket should their PIN numbers be compromised.

Businesses accuse council of theft

Fraud cases hasten $4m upgrade of city carparks

Hackers who stole the credit card details of thousands of drivers from payment machines have forced a $4m system upgrade to be fast-tracked.

Dad stabbed in struggle with women burglars

A young father was stabbed with a steak knife and bitten after he confronted two burglars - both young women - in an incident police say could easily have ended in tragedy.

Kickbox champion accused of robbery