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MasterChef star hacked out of $270,000
MasterChef contestant's nightmare after fraudsters stole $250,000, leaving her homeless.
MasterChef contestant's nightmare after fraudsters stole $250,000, leaving her homeless.
NZ investor Manfred Bredl fears he's lost $500k in global scam
COMMENT: Let's stop the hero-worship of young entrepreneurs, writes Deborah Hill Cone.
Once valued at $14.3b, Holmes' company was a house of cards built on secrecy and lies.
The scheme involved bribing bankers, one of whom has fled the country.
The fancy cars, high-rolling credit cards and lavish parties disappeared with the banker.
A broker who spotted a scam says the signs were obvious to an outsider.
He was arrested trying to board a flight to China after squandering the money.
"It's his money, he can pretty much do what he wants with it."
Kiwis are losing up to $500 million annually to international scammers.
The Olympic great was a victim of a cheque fraud scheme which threatened his treatment.
Former charitable trust financial manager convicted of 167 dishonesty charges.
They spent their childhood in Whanganui; now they face life in an Aussie prison
Fraudsters told Michael Hawk he had won $200,000 as part of a Facebook promo.
The forgeries saw Dunedin scientist obtain the drugs codeine, tramadol and diazapam.
Twenty-two year old posed as a multi-millionaire aristocrat but was really a normal guy.
US officials are probing whether traders are manipulating the price of Bitcoin.
Property consultant stole $300k from council over eight years.
Steel bars couldn't stop the criminal from continuing to scam investors.
A series of false statements helped a group of businessmen develop an Auckland hotel.
A French-made show claims HSBC bank as the go-to bank for a number of illegal activities.
COMMENT: Royal commission into banking in Oz has revealed a raft of serious problems.
Bank customers are being targeted by scammers via a text message.
Stolen money bought million-dollar homes and expensive cars.
Each submitted forms stating they were single and not living with a partner.
Unlawful migrants with building skills could stay in NZ to fill worker shortage.
She had everyone fooled thinking she had inoperable tumours - until she didn't.
Phone providers agree an industry standard for dealing with scams.
A retrial will be held after NZ's first insider trading trial ended in a hung jury.
Inmate Alex Swney opens up on "miserable" prison experience.