Properties linked to the Masala restaurant empire, restrained under the country's biggest ever asset seizure, have been pulled from mortgagee sale.

The estranged wife of a former Mighty River Power (MRP) engineer is appealing her convictions for helping him defraud the energy company. Paul

The man who ripped off investors and faked his CV to get a job with the Financial Markets Authority has tried to shave time off his jail sentence.

COMMENT: Is Auckland's hot property market enticing some buyers to stray into dishonesty?

Inland Revenue says the latest telephone phishing scam is unusual because it's still generating 200 complaints a day.

Recidivist scam artist posed as a millionaire entrepreneur to rip people off in her latest con jobs.

A High Court judge has thrown out a defence put up by two Masala restaurant bosses to a liquidators' claim.

Oz accountant fails to keep fancy cars, posh house and NZ bank account.

When the police raided the Auckland home of fraudster Eli Devoy, they found a "veritable Aladdin's cave of compromising material".

Upper Hutt College was swindled out of $375,000 by its former executive officer Donald Hancox, who today pleaded guilty to 10 fraud charges.

A grandmother sentenced for a "despicable" fraud that cost an elderly Queensland dementia sufferer her home is to be deported to New Zealand.

COMMENT: Van Heeren claims he cannot pay the US$25m as most of his assets have been transferred to tax haven-based entities.

Steven Morrow is behind bars pending sentencing after pleading guilty to 40 tax fraud charges.

The wind up of Bradley's B'on Financial Services has netted little return for Jacqui Bradley's 28 victims.

How the U.S. became one of the world's biggest tax havens.

A couple jailed for their role in a $380,000 benefit scam had their appeal dismissed on Tuesday morning.

Recovery action by Heart of the City against Alex Swney recovered less than 14pc of the millions stolen by the disgraced former chief executive.

27 properties - some worth nearly $3m owned by those linked to the Masala restaurant chain will stay frozen.

A financial adviser with clients in the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty has pleaded guilty in the Tauranga District Court to a $1.4 million fraud.

An IT worker at APN had defrauded the company of over $1.3m over five years; then he tried to lure a new accomplice.

COMMENT: Thanks New Zealand. Your collective dishonesty costs me thousands of dollars a year.

When it comes to cracking down on people not paying what they should, beneficiaries are much easier to go after, writes Paul Little.

Victoria Tanoi spent five years fleecing her employer of more than $1 million to fuel a gambling habit.

SkyCity is widening its net as it chases more than $1.26 million from former employee Tessa Grant.

SFO director Julie Read had nothing to say in response to fresh criticism that the organisation mismanaged its investigation into South Canterbury Finance.

A Waikato mobile trader with about 50 customers wasn't complying with the law, says its liquidator.

Liquidators are trying to claw back some of this money and have served formal legal notices on 12 Arena Capital investors.

Christchurch-based foreign exchange firm owes clients $7 million.

Acquitted South Canterbury Finance chief executive Lachie McLeod was won court costs back from the Crown.