Police are still seeking Chinese help to find Leo Gao and Kara Hurring who skipped the country with millions of of Westpac's money.

A French court has fined the church of Scientology $1.2m for preying financially on vulnerable believers.

A US judge has ordered two NZ incorporated companies to pay US$40 million to 200 American investors for running a "mini Ponzi scheme".

Eighty-one per cent of New Zealanders are happy to use fingerprint scans to prove their identity and 68% are willing to have their eyes scanned.

A jury has begun deciding the fate of the two Bear Stearns managers whose hedge funds imploded in 2007, marking the start of the financial crisis.

A man is facing allegations he lived off the taxpayer in state housing while he was a landlord owning two properties.