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.

Despite money not growing on trees, gardening seems to be the most popular way for NZ's white collar criminals to while away the hours behind bars.

The Registrar of Companies is making the rare bid of extending the statutory company director ban of a convicted Waikato fraudster to 10 years due to the seriousness of his offending.

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.

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

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.

An alleged associate of a New Zealand resident accused of trying to manipulate international banking rates has been jailed for 14 years.

A former Citibank and UBS trader is going to jail after a jury found him guilty of masterminding the manipulation of the key Libor interest rate.

An Auckland Council boss who splashed out more than $900 on restaurant meals and drinks on his work credit card has sparked a warning about fraud risks.

He told his would-be victim he was off to the Caribbean, but there were no cocktails or bikini-clad women where Michael Richard Smith was heading.

A Tauranga man accused of conning people out of millions to support his lifestyle for decades has today had fraud charges laid against him.

Fraudster and former Heart of the City boss already sentenced to five years in jail.

A former immigration official and a cohort caught taking cash sweeteners to help get people into New Zealand have today admitted corruption and bribery charges.

Brett Donaldson was labelled a fraudster, but after six years he has won his fight with the Serious Fraud Office, which has been banned from prosecuting him again.

Andrew Hrothgar Robinson has been sentenced to six years in jail this morning for stealing more than $3 million.

Former Commonwealth Bank worker Jon Waldron allegedly received over $2 million for awarding contracts to a US firm.

Peter Scutts will serve a sentence of 8 months' home detention after being found to have taken almost $65,000 in kickbacks.

Robert Kairua, who used to run a gold and silver trading website has been sent to jail for theft.