A woman will spend the next 15 years paying back more than $30,000 she stole while working for a taxpayer-funded agency.

An Auckland man charged by the Serious Fraud Office of trying to bribe an Auckland Council employee has been found not guilty.

A reviled US pharmaceutical boss who caused a storm in September by jacking up the price of a life-saving drug by 5000 per cent has been arrested on fraud charges.

John Fagan's appeal has started after his failed scam, escape from prison, and suicide threat on the Paul Holmes show.

A conman stole the identities of victims of the Christchurch earthquake, the Pike River Mine explosion and the Carterton balloon disaster.

A failed magazine publisher who defrauded Heartland Bank and fleeced his own sister has been jailed for 3 years.

Bernard Madoff's victims are getting an early holiday treat as the trustee unwinding his fraud begins sending out a total of $1.2 billion in funds.

A couple convicted of fleecing almost $1 million from the taxpayer between them by not paying GST are still living a life of luxury.

Are Serious Fraud Office investigators taking a softer approach, or is it just that its targets are becoming more co-operative?

It is alleged McDonald filed about 250 false tax returns in order to receive money from the IRD

Insurance fraud spikes whenever a new tech upgrade happens such as the release of a new iPhone.

Serious Fraud Office investigating fraud involving developers, company directors, property valuers and lawyers.

The number of prosecutions launched by the Serious Fraud Office in the past year is at its lowest level in at least a decade.

Immigration authorities say "widespread concerns" have been raised over false or misleading work visa applications involving Philippines nationals.

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating an exporter of infant milk powder and manuka honey that receivers say collapsed owing more than $1 million.

De Beers scientists can make near-flawless diamonds in a lab, but they will never sell you one.

A Whangarei woman has been extradited from Australia after an exhaustive 18-month process to place her before the courts.

Colourful conman and convicted fraudster Wayne Eaglesome appears to be trying to sell land on Waiheke that he doesn't yet own.

A Financial Markets Authority analyst has been charged with forging an academic record to get his job and then stealing nearly $210,000. in a scheme.

A new campaign by US prosecutors to pursue suspect money launderers sees agents luring the service providers out of their overseas havens to the US.

A former police officer is warning Aucklanders to "steer clear" of a conman who has emerged from prison - apparently with his talent for lying intact.

Will a former honorary consul for the Netherlands, ex-member of the New Zealand Eminent Persons Group for International Trade, and owner of the luxurious Huka Lodge be forced to come to court and answer questions about his finances?

A woman who ripped off taxpayers for more than $300,000 over 17 years would take 587 years to pay back the stolen funds.

The heist has been been described as "if Oceans 11 had been masterminded by a Bond villain".

A group of mostly Nelson investors face losing $2m after the collapse of a Colombian gold mining scheme.

The fraudsters have been calling residents and stating that viruses had been detected on their home computers.

Bogus Microsoft employees have stolen thousands of dollars in a 24-hour sting in New Zealand.

A Dunedin man's affair has ruined his marriage, destroyed his family's financial security and caused his defrauded wife to question the past decade of her life.

Nicknamed "rain man" for for his incredible recall, this is the story of Tom Hayes' nine-year Libor rigging saga.